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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2010 Oct;48(10):892–899. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ef97df

Table 4.

Random-effects model: Breast Reconstruction (yes vs no)1

Variables A2
Total
Variation
B3
Surgeon
Variation
C4
% of surgeon
variation explained
Patient clinical and demographics 38% 16% NA
Surgeon demographics 38% 16% 0
Surgeon practice process factors 45% 11% 31%
1)

N= 597 patients and 217 surgeons

2)

Column A: R2 results after inclusion of patient and surgeon variable sets

3)

Column B: % total variation attributable to individual surgeons

4)

Column C: % of between-surgeon variation explained after including variable sets