Improved surgical outcomes for ACS NSQIP hospitals over time: Evaluation of hospital cohorts with up to 8 years of participation

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 267-273

  Cohen, Mark E ^a   Liu, Yaoming ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b,c   Hall, Bruce L ^d,e,f  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^f BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS NSQIP; Profiling; Risk adjustment; Surgical quality improvement; Time trends

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEON NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955607883     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001192     Document Type: Article

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