Compliance
•Norway:
–4.5 million inhabitants and about 300 orthopaedic surgeons
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•Reporting: Easy and fast on paper forms
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•Surgeons’ names are not registered:
–a condition for participation by some
–some surgeons operate on high-risk patients
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•Hospitals’ names are registered
–Hospitals get their own results back:
•Compare results with other hospitals
•Compare results with the national average results
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•Hospital-results are only delivered to our contact surgeon at each hospital
–never published and not delivered to health authorities