Variation and Impact of Multiple Complications on Failure to Rescue After Inpatient Surgery
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DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000001917
Abstract: Objective: To examine the extent to which multiple, sequential complications impacts variation in institutional postoperative mortality rates. Background: Failure to rescue (FTR) has been proposed as an underlying factor in hospital variation in surgical mortality.… read more here.
Keywords: variation; hospital; mortality; failure rescue ... See more keywords
Quality Accounting: Understanding the Impact of Multiple Surgical Complications.
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DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002208
Abstract: S ince Ernest Codman established his End Result System a century ago, 1 a fundamental tenet of surgical quality assessment has been the honest and critical reporting of complications. Understanding the impact of these complications… read more here.
Keywords: understanding impact; quality; impact; complication ... See more keywords