2015
Quality Improvement Targets for Regional Variation in Surgical End-Stage Renal Disease Care
Zarkowsky DS, Hicks CW, Arhuidese I, Canner JK, Obeid T, Qazi U, Schneider E, Abularrage CJ, Black JH, Freischlag JA, Malas MB. Quality Improvement Targets for Regional Variation in Surgical End-Stage Renal Disease Care. JAMA Surgery 2015, 150: 764-770. PMID: 26107005, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1126.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage renal diseaseUS Renal Data SystemFirst hemodialysisNephrology careAVF accessMortality hazardEnd-stage renal disease careLogistic regressionCongestive heart failureRenal replacement therapyMultivariable logistic regressionArteriovenous fistula accessQuality improvement targetsPatient comorbiditiesHeart failurePatient characteristicsRenal diseaseDisease careESRD mortalityReplacement therapyFistula accessUnivariate analysisRetrospective analysisBest practice guidelinesMAIN OUTCOME
2014
Benchmarking trauma centers on mortality alone does not reflect quality of care
Hashmi Z, Schneider E, Castillo R, Haut E, Zafar S, Cornwell E, MacKenzie E, Latif A, Haider A. Benchmarking trauma centers on mortality alone does not reflect quality of care. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2014, 76: 1184-1191. PMID: 24747447, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBenchmarkingCause of DeathDatabases, FactualFemaleHealth Care SurveysHospital MortalityHumansInjury Severity ScoreMaleMiddle AgedQuality of Health CareReimbursement, IncentiveRisk AdjustmentSensitivity and SpecificitySurvival AnalysisTrauma CentersUnited StatesWounds and InjuriesWounds, NonpenetratingWounds, PenetratingYoung AdultConceptsInjury Severity ScoreTrauma centerNational Trauma Data BankPatients 16 yearsHigh complication rateRisk of deathTrauma Data BankHospital performance rankingsQuality of careUnadjusted morbidityPerformance statusComplication rateMajor complicationsMorbidity outcomesMortality outcomesSeverity scoreMorbidity ratioMortality ratioEpidemiologic studiesMorbidityMorbidity analysisMortality rateLevel IIIPoor concordanceComplicationsDeveloping best practices to study trauma outcomes in large databases
Haider A, Hashmi Z, Zafar S, Castillo R, Haut E, Schneider E, Cornwell E, Mackenzie E, Efron D. Developing best practices to study trauma outcomes in large databases. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2014, 76: 1061-1069. PMID: 24662872, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000000182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Trauma Data BankRisk-adjustment modelsTrauma mortalityTrauma outcomesSubsequent multivariate logistic regression analysisMultivariate logistic regression analysisManual backward selectionTrauma Data BankUnivariate logistic regressionLogistic regression analysisInitial multivariate modelPatient subsetsMultivariable analysisTrauma centerMortality outcomesSimilar AUROCsSubset analysisUnivariate analysisPrognostic studiesAnalytic standardizationLevel IIILogistic regression
2013
Reliability adjustment
Hashmi Z, Dimick J, Efron D, Haut E, Schneider E, Zafar S, Schwartz D, Cornwell E, Haider A. Reliability adjustment. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2013, 75: 166-172. PMID: 23940864, PMCID: PMC3989535, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e318298494f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedBenchmarkingCause of DeathDatabases, FactualFemaleHospital MortalityHumansInjury Severity ScoreMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CareQuality ImprovementReproducibility of ResultsRisk AdjustmentSurvival AnalysisTrauma CentersUnited StatesWounds and InjuriesWounds, NonpenetratingWounds, PenetratingYoung AdultConceptsRisk-adjusted mortality ratesInjury Severity ScoreLow-volume centersMortality rateNational Trauma Data Bank 2010National Trauma Data BankReliability adjustmentHierarchical logistic regression modelingPatients 16 yearsRisk-adjusted mortalityTrauma Data BankNumber of patientsLogistic regression modelingHospital performance assessmentRisk adjustment methodsTrauma centerSeverity scoreVolume centersMortality ratioWorst quintileInterfacility variation
2012
Influence of the National Trauma Data Bank on the Study of Trauma Outcomes: Is It Time to Set Research Best Practices to Further Enhance Its Impact?
Haider A, Saleem T, Leow J, Villegas C, Kisat M, Schneider E, Haut E, Stevens K, Cornwell E, MacKenzie E, Efron D. Influence of the National Trauma Data Bank on the Study of Trauma Outcomes: Is It Time to Set Research Best Practices to Further Enhance Its Impact? Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2012, 214: 756-768. PMID: 22321521, PMCID: PMC3334459, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original Research