The proportion of variation in perioperative transfusion decisions in Canada attributable to the hospital

PurposeHospital variation in transfusion practices has been described previously but the proportion of variation attributable to the hospital has not. The objective of this report was to quantify hospital variation in red cell transfusion decisions perioperatively for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).MethodsWe used a cross-sectional study design using pretestedself-administered mailed questionnaires sent to all …