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Impact of hospital characteristics on failure to rescue following major surgery.
This study determined the effect of hospital characteristics on failure to rescue after high-risk surgery in Medicare beneficiaries. It found that although several hospital characteristics are associated with lower failure to rescue rates, these macrosystem factors explain a small proportion of the variability between hospitals. This suggests that microsystem characteristics may play a larger role in improving a hospital's ability to manage postoperative complications.
AHRQ-funded; HS023621.
Citation: Sheetz KH, Dimick JB, Ghaferi AA .
Impact of hospital characteristics on failure to rescue following major surgery.
Ann Surg 2016 Apr;263(4):692-7. doi: 10.1097/sla.0000000000001414.
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Keywords: Surgery, Elderly, Adverse Events, Disparities, Mortality