Format name: $vaydaf

 value $vaydaf
        '283 '-'2839',                /* w adenoid*/
        '131 '-'1369',                /* lens extraction */
        '282 '-'2829',                /*tonsillectomy no adenoid*/
        '683 '-'6879',                /* hysterectomy */
        '806 '-'8069',                /* excision knee cartilage */
        '740 '-'7429','744 '-'7449','749 '-'7499',  /* C-section */
        '8050','8051',                /* excision vertebral disk */
        '286 '-'2869',                /* adenoidectomy no tonsil */
        '512 '-'5129',                /* cholecystectomy */
        '602 '-'6069',                /* prostatectomy */
        '8154',                       /* total knee replacement */
        '4946',                       /* excision hemorrhoids */
        '8151',                       /* total hip replacement */
        '530 '-'5319',                /* repair inguinal hernia */
        '3859'                        /* varicose vein */

                      = '1'    /* PRIMARILY DISCRETIONARY */

        '810 '-'8109',                /* spinal fusion */
        '470 '-'4709',                /* appendectomy */
        '030 '-'0309',                /* spinal canal expl & decom */
        '3812',                       /* carotid endarterectomy */
        '361 '-'3619',                /* CABGS */
        '062 '-'0669',                /* thyroidectomy */
        '8543'-'8548'                 /* mastectomy */

                      = '2'         /* INTERMEDIATE */

        '377 '-'3789',                /* pacemaker */
        '866 '-'8679','2755'-'2757',  /* skin graft */
        '3864',                       /* excision aorta */
        '841 '-'8419',                /* amputation lower limb */
        '435 '-'4399',                /* gastrectomy */
        '3844',                       /* resection aorta */
        '323 '-'3259',                /* lung surgery */
        '457 '-'4589','484 '-'4869',  /* large bowel resection */
        '350 '-'3529',                /* valve surgery */
        '0152'-'0159',                /* excision brain tissue */
        '415 '-'4159',                /* splenectomy */
        '3834',                       /* resection aorta anastomosis*/
        '554 '-'5559',                /* nephrectomy */
        '556 '-'5569',                /* kidney transplant */
        '355 '-'3579'                 /* septa repair */


                                  = '3';        /* PRIMARILY NONDISCRETIONARY */
 
 

            value $vaydal  '1' = '1.Discretionary   '
                                 '2' = '2.Intermediate    '
                                 '3' = '3.Nondiscretionary';

• Gentleman JF, Vayda E, Parsons GF & Walsh MN (1996). "Surgical rates in sub-provincial areas across Canada: Rankings of 39 procedures in order of variation". Can J Surg 39(5):361-367 [abstract].

Contact:

• Charles Burchill <Charles_Burchill@umanitoba.ca>