In-hospital death following inpatient surgical procedures in the United States, 1996-2006

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1950-1956

  Weiser, Thomas G ^a   Semel, Marcus E ^a,b   Simon, Alan E ^c   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Haynes, Alex B ^d   Funk, Luke M ^a,b   Berry, William R ^a,b   Gawande, Atul A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052271490     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1169-5     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Heron M, Hoyert D, Murphy S et al (2009) Deaths: final data for 2006. National Vital Statistics Reports, vol 57 no 14, Hyattsville, MD, National Center for Health Statistics, Cited 24 July 2009; available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr57/nvsr57-14.pdf
2. GF Anderson BK Frogner 2008 Health spending in OECD countries: obtaining value per dollar Health Aff (Millwood) 27 1718 1727 10.1377/hlthaff.27.6.1718
3. World Health Organization-World Alliance for Patient Safety (2008) WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery, 1st Edition, Geneva, WHO
4. Joint Commission (2008) Surgical Care Improvement Project Core Measure Set. Cited 24 July 2009, available from: http://www.jointcommission.org/ PerformanceMeasurement/PerformanceMeasurement/SCIP+Core+Measure+Set.htm
5. Joint Commission (2009) Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Person Surgery. Cited 24 July 2009, available from: http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/UniversalProtocol/
6. MB Rosenthal 2007 Nonpayment for performance? Medicare's new reimbursement rule N Engl J Med 357 1573 1575 17942869 10.1056/NEJMp078184 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2sXht1SlsbzF (Pubitemid 47598398)
7. A Milstein 2009 Ending extra payment for "never events"- stronger incentives for patients' safety N Engl J Med 360 2388 2390 19494212 10.1056/NEJMp0809125 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD1MXntVKqsr8%3D
8. BL Hall BH Hamilton K Richards, et al. 2009 Does surgical quality improve in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: an evaluation of all participating hospitals Ann Surg 250 363 376 19644350
9. AA Ghaferi JD Birkmeyer JB Dimick 2009 Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery N Engl J Med 361 1368 1375 19797283 10.1056/NEJMsa0903048 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD1MXht1CksrrE
10. PA Learn PB Bach 2010 A decade of mortality reductions in major oncologic surgery: the impact of centralization and quality improvement Med Care 48 1041 1049 20966781 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f37d5f
11. TG Weiser MA Makary AB Haynes, et al. 2009 Standardised metrics for global surgical surveillance Lancet 374 1113 1117 19782877 10.1016/S0140- 6736(09)61161-2
12. C Dennison R Pokras 2000 Design and operation of the National Hospital Discharge Survey: 1988 redesign Vital and Health Statistics, Series 1 39 1 42
13. Debas H, Gosselin R, McCord C et al. (2006) Surgery. In: Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edn), The international bank for reconstruction and development/The World Bank, Washington
14. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (2007) Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) for ICD-9-CM Fact Sheet, Rockville, MD: AHRQ. Cited 24 July 2009, available from: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccs/ccsfactsheet.jsp
15. US Bureau of the Census (2001) Current Population Survey: Annual Demographic Survey (Table HINC-07). Cited 23 October 2009, available from: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032001/hhinc/new07-000.htm
16. US Bureau of the Census (2000) United States Census 2000. Cited 24 July 2009, available from http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html
17. WA Ghali AS Ash RE Hall, et al. 1997 Statewide quality improvement initiatives and mortality after cardiac surgery JAMA 277 379 382 9010169 10.1001/jama.277.5.379 1:STN:280:DyaK2s7mtlenuw%3D%3D (Pubitemid 27061266)
18. EL Hannan H Kilburn Jr M Racz, et al. 1994 Improving the outcomes of coronary artery bypass surgery in New York State JAMA 271 761 766 8114213 10.1001/jama.271.10.761 1:STN:280:DyaK2c7lvVSnsw%3D%3D (Pubitemid 24074523)
19. DB Matchar EV Westermann-Clark DC McCrory, et al. 2005 Dissemination of evidence-based practice center reports Ann Intern Med 142 12 Pt 2 1120 1125 15968037 (Pubitemid 40847715)
20. GS Meyer J Battles JC Hart, et al. 2004 The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's activities in patient safety research Int J Qual Health Care 15 Suppl 1 i25 i30
21. DC Classen RS Evans SL Pestotnik, et al. 1992 The timing of prophylactic administration of antibiotics and the risk of surgical-wound infection N Engl J Med 326 281 286 1728731 10.1056/NEJM199201303260501 1:STN:280: DyaK387gtVWnsg%3D%3D
22. G Van den Berghe P Wouters F Weekers, et al. 2001 Intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill patients N Engl J Med 345 1359 1367 11794168 10.1056/NEJMoa011300
23. WH Geerts GF Pineo JA Heit, et al. 2004 Prevention of venous thromboembolism: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy Chest 126 3 Suppl 338S 400S 15383478 10.1378/chest.126.3-suppl.338S 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2cXptV2msbw%3D (Pubitemid 39302602)
24. D Poldermans E Boersma JJ Bax, et al. 1999 The effect of bisoprolol on perioperative mortality and myocardial infarction in high-risk patients undergoing vascular surgery. Dutch echocardiographic cardiac risk evaluation applying stress echocardiography study group N Engl J Med 341 1789 1794 10588963 10.1056/NEJM199912093412402 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXhsVektA%3D%3D
25. TB Ferguson Jr LP Coombs ED Peterson 2002 Preoperative beta-blocker use and mortality and morbidity following CABG surgery in North America JAMA 287 2221 2227 11980522 10.1001/jama.287.17.2221 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD38XjtlSisbg%3D (Pubitemid 34441938)
26. SF Khuri WG Henderson J Daley, et al. 2008 Successful implementation of the Department of Veterans affairs national surgical quality improvement program in the private sector: the patient safety in surgery study Ann Surg 248 329 336 18650645 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181823485