How Chance Can Affect Perceived Effectiveness of Clinical Treatment Outcomes

BBC News Magazine has an interesting interactive article that attempts to demonstrate how chance can make or break a reputation of a hospital or a surgeon in respect to their morbidity and mortality outcomes. In a special calculator, simply by selecting the percentage chance of someone dying, and clicking repeatedly, you can get a recalculated variance in outcome results between hospitals. We get the point, but it’s not clear what the practical or political use this story is serving.
BBC News Mag: Can chance make you a killer?