Establishing standard performance measures for adult brain tumor patients: a Nationwide Inpatient Sample database study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety indicators (PSIs) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital acquired conditions (HACs) are used to evaluate the safety and quality of health care. We determined the incidence rates of PSIs and HACs among brain tumor patients in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database (NIS).

Methods

We queried the NIS for all hospitalizations involving a brain tumor. We determined the incidence rates of various PSIs and HACs among these patients by searching the hospital records for codes in the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision indicating each PSI or HAC.

Results

Among the 501 908 hospitalizations involving a brain tumor in the NIS, there were 102 046 occurrenc

SUBMITTER: Rahman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3813415 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature