Acute risk change (ARC) identifies outlier institutions in perioperative cardiac surgical care when the standardized mortality ratio cannot

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 164-171

  Coulson, T G ^a   Bailey, M ^a   Reid, C M ^a   Tran, L ^a   Mullany, D V ^c,d   Parker, J ^e   Hicks, P ^e,f   Pilcher, D ^a,b,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ANZICS Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation   (Australia)

^f WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; perioperative care; quality indicators; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RISK CHANGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84992343703     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew180     Document Type: Article

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