National performance metrics are crucial for improving healthcare delivery and guiding patient decisions, making valid measures necessary.
This study analyzed US News and World Report metrics from 2012 to 2019 alongside electronic health record data to evaluate care for patients attributed to the ENT mortality group.
The findings revealed that only 23 out of 47 initially attributed ENT deaths were verified, lowering the mortality rate and suggesting a need for better methods in mortality attribution and a shift from specialty rankings to a more comprehensive rating approach.