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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 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedSheetz KH, Dimick JB, Nathan H
Centralization of high-risk cancer surgery within existing hospital systems.
Centralization is often proposed as a strategy to improve the quality of certain high-risk health care services. In this study, the investigators evaluated the extent to which existing hospital systems centralize high-risk cancer surgery and whether centralization is associated with short-term clinical outcomes. The investigators concluded that greater centralization of complex cancer surgery within existing hospital systems was associated with better outcomes.
AHRQ-funded; HS023597.
Citation: Sheetz KH, Dimick JB, Nathan H .
Centralization of high-risk cancer surgery within existing hospital systems.
J Clin Oncol 2019 Dec 1;37(34):3234-42. doi: 10.1200/jco.18.02035..
Keywords: Surgery, Cancer, Risk, Hospitals, Health Systems, Quality Improvement, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality of Care, Outcomes
Pradarelli JC, Varban OA, Dimick JB
Hospital variation in rates of acid-reducing medication use after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
This study assessed variation in hospital performance with laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy using rates of acid-reducing medication use at postoperative 1 year. It concluded that across Michigan hospitals, rates of new acid-reducing medication use at 1 year after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy varied widely and did not correlate with traditional quality indicators.
AHRQ-funded; R01 HS023597.
Citation: Pradarelli JC, Varban OA, Dimick JB .
Hospital variation in rates of acid-reducing medication use after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
Surg Obes Relat Dis 2016 Aug;12(7):1382-89. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2015.11.016.
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Keywords: Hospitals, Medication, Surgery, Quality Indicators (QIs), Outcomes
Moghavem N, McDonald K, Ratliff JK
Performance measures in neurosurgical patient care: differing applications of patient safety indicators.
The researchers sought to determine how Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) rates and their impact on other outcomes in patients undergoing cranial neurosurgery compared with other surgeries.. They found that procedure indication was strongly associated with PSI development. The neurosurgical population had significantly higher risk-adjusted ratios of most PSIs evaluated compared with other surgical patients. Development of a PSI was strongly associated with increased length of stay and hospital cost.
AHRQ-funded; HS018558.
Citation: Moghavem N, McDonald K, Ratliff JK .
Performance measures in neurosurgical patient care: differing applications of patient safety indicators.
Med Care 2016 Apr;54(4):359-64. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000490.
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Keywords: Quality Indicators (QIs), Surgery, Hospitalization, Outcomes, Quality of Care
Maggard-Gibbons M
The use of report cards and outcome measurements to improve the safety of surgical care: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
This review summarized the history of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project and its components, and described the evidence that feeding outcomes back to providers, along with real-time comparisons with other hospital rates, leads to quality improvement, better patient outcomes, cost savings and overall improved patient safety.
AHRQ-funded; 2902007100621.
Citation: Maggard-Gibbons M .
The use of report cards and outcome measurements to improve the safety of surgical care: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Jul;23(7):589-99. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002223..
Keywords: Quality Improvement, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality Measures, Quality of Care, Surgery, Patient Safety, Outcomes, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Provider Performance