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Assessing the Predictive Validity of the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Criteria for Performing Carotid Endarterectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Paul G. Shekelle ,
Mark R. Chassin  and
R. E. Park
Paul G. Shekelle
Affiliation:
West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center and The RAND Corporation
Mark R. Chassin
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai Medical Center
R. E. Park
Affiliation:
The RAND Corporation
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Abstract

We assessed the predictive validity of an expert panel's ratings of the appropriateness of carotid endarterectomy by comparing ratings to the results of subsequent randomized clinical trials. We found the trials confirmed the ratings for 44 indications (covering almost 30% of operations performed in 1981) and refuted the ratings for none.

Keywords

Quality of CareAppropriatenessCarotid EndarterectomyValidity
Type
General Essays
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , Fall 1998 , pp. 707 - 727
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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