Yang, Xiaowei; Peng, Bin; Chen, Rongqi; Zhang, Qian; … - In: Journal of Applied Statistics 41 (2014) 1, pp. 46-59
Within the context of California's public report of <italic>coronary artery bypass graft</italic> (CABG) surgery outcomes, we first thoroughly review popular statistical methods for profiling healthcare providers. Extensive simulation studies are then conducted to compare profiling schemes based on hierarchical...