The surgical infection prevention and surgical care improvement projects: promises and pitfalls
DW Bratzler - The American surgeon, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Variations in outcomes for patients who have surgery are well known, and there is extensive
evidence that failure to apply standards of care known to prevent adverse events results in …
evidence that failure to apply standards of care known to prevent adverse events results in …
The volume-outcome debate revisited
SRG Finlayson - The American Surgeon, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Multiple studies support the intuitive association between higher provider procedure volume
and better clinical outcomes. Health care purchasers and payers have been seeking ways to …
and better clinical outcomes. Health care purchasers and payers have been seeking ways to …
Evaluating individual surgeons based on total hospital costs: evidence for variation in both total costs and volatility of costs
BL Hall, DA Campbell Jr, LRS Phillips… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: There is increasing interest in evaluating quality in health care, extending
to the assessment of outcomes, including costs, for individual surgeons. STUDY DESIGN …
to the assessment of outcomes, including costs, for individual surgeons. STUDY DESIGN …