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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedHollingsworth JM, Funk RJ, Garrison SA
Association between physician teamwork and health system outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting.
The researchers tested whether teamwork (assessed with the bipartite clustering coefficient) among multiple providers dispersed across many care locations is a determinant of surgical outcomes by examining national Medicare data from patients undergoing CABG. They found that health systems with higher teamwork levels had significantly lower 60-day rates of emergency department visit, readmission, and mortality.
AHRQ-funded; HS020927.
Citation: Hollingsworth JM, Funk RJ, Garrison SA .
Association between physician teamwork and health system outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2016 Nov;9(6):641-48. doi: 10.1161/circoutcomes.116.002714.
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Keywords: Teams, Outcomes, Medicare, Surgery, Hospital Readmissions, Cardiovascular Conditions
Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB
Importance of teamwork, communication and culture on failure-to-rescue in the elderly.
The researchers reviewed the literature evaluating surgery, mortality, failure-to-rescue and the elderly. This was followed by a review of ongoing studies and unpublished work aiming to understand better the mechanisms underlying variations in surgical mortality in elderly patients. They concluded that although elderly surgical patients experienced failure-to-rescue events at much higher rates than their younger counterparts, patient-level effects did not sufficiently explain these differences.
AHRQ-funded; HS023621; HS024403; HS023597.
Citation: Ghaferi AA, Dimick JB .
Importance of teamwork, communication and culture on failure-to-rescue in the elderly.
Br J Surg 2016 Jan;103(2):e47-51. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10031.
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Keywords: Elderly, Mortality, Surgery, Teams, Patient Safety