Variation in Patient-reported Outcomes Across Hospitals Following Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although there is growing interest in applying patient-reported outcomes (PROs) toward surgical quality, the extent to which PROs vary across hospitals following surgical procedures is unknown.

Objectives

We examined variation in PROs, specifically health-related quality of life (HRQOL), across hospitals performing bariatric surgery.

Research design

A retrospective cohort study.

Subjects

The Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative is a statewide consortium of 39 hospitals performing laparoscopic gastric bypass, gastric banding, or sleeve gastrectomy (n=11,420 patients between 2008 and 2012).

Measures

We examined generic and disease-specific HRQOL measured by the Health and Activities Limitations Index (HALex) and Bariatric Quality of Life ind

SUBMITTER: Waljee JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9621341 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature