Relationship between surgical oncologic outcomes and publically reported hospital quality and satisfaction measures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital-level measures of patient satisfaction and quality are now reported publically by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. There are limited metrics specific to cancer patients. We examined whether publically reported hospital satisfaction and quality data were associated with surgical oncologic outcomes.

Methods

The Nationwide Inpatient Sample was utilized to identify patients with solid tumors who underwent surgical resection in 2009 and 2010. The hospitals were linked to Hospital Compare, which collects data on patient satisfaction, perioperative quality, and 30-day mortality for medical conditions (pneumonia, myocardial infarction [MI], and congestive heart failure [CHF]). The risk-adjusted hospital-level rates of morbidity and mortality were c

SUBMITTER: Wright JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4565527 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature