Mark A Lockett, Patrick D Mauldin, Jingwen Zhang, Justin E Marsden, David J Taber, Mulugeta Gebregziabher, Catherine Chung, Preetha Hebbar, Larry Adams, Prabhakar K Baliga
BACKGROUND: Surgical quality improvement efforts are challenging due to the multi-disciplinary nature of care, difficulties obtaining reliable data, and variability in quality metrics. The objective of this analysis was to assess whether participation in a regional collaborative quality initiative was associated with decreased in-hospital surgical complications in South Carolina (SC). STUDY DESIGN: In-hospital surgical complication rates were determined utilizing a statewide all payer claims data set...
December 28, 2020: Journal of the American College of Surgeons