Variations in surgical outcomes associated with hospital compliance with safety practices
Brooke B, Dominici F, Pronovost P, Makary M, Schneider E, Pawlik T. Variations in surgical outcomes associated with hospital compliance with safety practices. Surgery 2012, 151: 651-659. PMID: 22261296, PMCID: PMC3414538, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGuideline AdherenceHealth Care SurveysHospitalsHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient SafetyPostoperative ComplicationsPractice Guidelines as TopicQuality Assurance, Health CareSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited StatesConceptsHigh-risk operationsHospital compliancePostoperative complicationsSafe practiceOpen aortic aneurysm repairHospital-level confoundersRisk-adjusted oddsAortic aneurysm repairRandom effects logistic regression modelEffects logistic regression modelsCross-sectional analysisLogistic regression modelsSafety practicesNationwide hospitalsAneurysm repairRate of failureSurgical outcomesGastrectomy proceduresDecreased oddsComplicationsHospitalDecreased likelihoodHospital qualityLeapfrog GroupPatient safety