Evaluation of the ProPublica surgeon scorecard "adjusted complication rate" measure specifications

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 566-574

  Ban, Kristen A ^a,b   Cohen, Mark E ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,c   Friedberg, Mark W ^d,e   Stulberg, Jonah J ^a   Zhou, Lynn ^a   Hall, Bruce L ^a,f,g,h,i   Hoyt, David B ^a   Bilimoria, Karl Y ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

ProPublica; Public reporting; Surgeon scorecard; Surgeonspecific reporting

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPUBLICA SURGEON SCORECARD; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; VALIDITY; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTHROPLASTY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978658328     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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