Value-based purchasing may unfairly penalize specialty centers performing combined liver–colon multivisceral resections
Leeds I, Pronovost P, Austin J, Haut E. Value-based purchasing may unfairly penalize specialty centers performing combined liver–colon multivisceral resections. Journal Of Patient Safety And Risk Management 2018, 23: 143-148. DOI: 10.1177/2516043518790654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site infection rateMultivisceral resectionInfection rateValue-based purchasing programColon surgeryOverall surgical site infection rateConcurrent liver resectionElective colon surgerySurgical site infectionHospital-level characteristicsNational Inpatient SampleInadequate risk adjustmentMultivariable linear regressionAdult patientsLiver resectionSite infectionInpatient SampleSpecialty centersHospital ratesResectionHospital identifiersPurchasing ProgramRisk adjustmentValue-based purchasingLinear regression