Use of Medicare Claims to Rank Hospitals by Surgical Site Infection Risk following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Huang SS, Placzek H, Livingston J, Ma A, Onufrak F, Lankiewicz J, Kleinman K, Bratzler D, Olsen MA, Lyles R, Khan Y, Wright P, Yokoe DS, Fraser VJ, Weinstein RA, Stevenson K, Hooper D, Vostok J, Datta R, Nsa W, Platt R. Use of Medicare Claims to Rank Hospitals by Surgical Site Infection Risk following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2011, 32: 775-783. PMID: 21768761, DOI: 10.1086/660874.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorst decileSSI ratesMedicare beneficiariesCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryArtery bypass graft surgerySurgical site infection rateSurgical site infection riskBypass graft surgeryRetrospective cohort studyCoronary artery bypassMedical record reviewDay of surgeryAdjusted odds ratioService Medicare beneficiariesQuality of careArtery bypassGraft surgeryCohort studySSI riskRecord reviewGroup of hospitalsCurrent surveillance methodsMedical recordsOdds ratioMedicare claims