Centers for medicare and medicaid services quality indicators do not correlate with risk-adjusted mortality at trauma centers

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 771-776

  Shafi, Shahid ^a,b   Parks, Jennifer ^a   Ahn, Chul ^a   Gentilello, Larry M ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^b,c   Hemmila, Mark R ^b,d   Pasquale, Michael D ^b,e   Meredith, J Wayne ^b,f   Cryer, H Gill ^b,g   Goble, Sandra ^b   Neil, Melanie ^b   Price, Chrystal ^b   Fildes, John J ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of care; TQIP Trauma Quality Improvement Program: Hospital Compare; Trauma systems

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77951047802     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d03a20     Document Type: Article

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