2019
Patient-related Factors and Perioperative Outcomes Are Associated with Self-Reported Hospital Rating after Spine Surgery.
Mets EJ, Mercier MR, Hilibrand AS, Scott MC, Varthi AG, Grauer JN. Patient-related Factors and Perioperative Outcomes Are Associated with Self-Reported Hospital Rating after Spine Surgery. Clinical Orthopaedics And Related Research® 2019, 478: 643-652. PMID: 31389897, PMCID: PMC7145058, DOI: 10.1097/corr.0000000000000892.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall hospital experienceMultivariate logistic regression analysisPatient-related factorsAdverse eventsHospital ratingSpine surgeryLogistic regression analysisPerioperative outcomesPatient factorsQuality of careSurgical variablesHospital experienceHCAHPS scoresHCAHPS surveyPatient demographicsAnnual reimbursementAnesthesiologists class IIMinor adverse eventsNumerous patient factorsOnly surgical factorMajor adverse eventsSpine surgery populationSingle academic institutionHospital Consumer AssessmentPotential confounding variables
2018
Choice of Quality Metrics for Assessment of the Spine Patient
Ottesen T, Kebaish K, Grauer J. Choice of Quality Metrics for Assessment of the Spine Patient. 2018, 53-68. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97990-8_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality of careOutcome measuresPatient-reported outcome measuresDifferent surgical indicationsPatient-reported satisfactionHospital Consumer AssessmentSpine patientsSurgical indicationsSurgical outcomesMedical attentionCommon reasonSpine careHealthcare providersRate hospitalsPatientsConsumer AssessmentHospitalOwn unique benefitsProcess measuresCareSpinal issuesHealthcare system