2018
Chapter 13 Quality Efforts for Reducing Mortality in Neurosurgery
Elsamadicy A, Sergesketter A, Gottfried O. Chapter 13 Quality Efforts for Reducing Mortality in Neurosurgery. 2018, 177-188. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-812898-5.00014-x.ChaptersMortality rateCoordination of careQuality InitiativeRecent quality improvement initiativesOverall patient careQuality improvement initiativesQuality of careAdverse eventsNeurosurgery DepartmentPatient severityProspective reviewPatient careHospital reimbursementImprovement initiativesCareSafety initiativesSeverityNeurosurgeryBest approachImprovement of communicationHospitalIllnessMortality
2017
Institutional Review of Mortality in 5434 Consecutive Neurosurgery Patients: Are We Improving?
Elsamadicy AA, Sergesketter A, Sampson JH, Gottfried ON. Institutional Review of Mortality in 5434 Consecutive Neurosurgery Patients: Are We Improving? Neurosurgery 2017, 83: 1269-1276. PMID: 29300938, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyx603.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of mortalityCase mix indexSeverity of illnessPostintervention cohortMortality indexQuality InitiativeNeurosurgical serviceDiagnosis-related group codesPre-intervention cohortQuality improvement interventionsEtiology of mortalityHigher case mix indexMajor academic institutionHospital dischargeInpatient mortalityTrauma admissionsNeurosurgery patientsProcedure typeMortality casesInstitutional reviewImprovement interventionsMortalityCohortNeurosurgery inpatientsObserved mortality