Assessment of Between-Hospital Variation in Readmission and Mortality After Cancer Surgical Procedures.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although current federal quality improvement programs do not include cancer surgery, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other payers are considering extending readmission reduction initiatives to include these and other common high-cost episodes.

Objectives

To quantify between-hospital variation in quality-related outcomes and identify hospital characteristics associated with high and low performance.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study obtained data through linkage of the California Cancer Registry to hospital discharge claims databases maintained by the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. All 351 acute care hospitals in California at which 1 or more adults underwent curative intent su

SUBMITTER: Haneuse S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324436 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature