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Using a National Representative Sample to Evaluate the Integrity of the 30-Day Surgical Mortality Metric

The 30-day surgical mortality metric is endorsed by the National Quality Forum for value-based purchasing purposes. However, its integrity has been questioned, as there is documented evidence of hospital manipulation of this measure, by way of inappropriate palliative care designation and changes in...

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Autores principales: Qiu, Yixian, Freundlich, Robert E., Nelson, Sara, Clark, Catherine, Ehrenfeld, Jesse M., Wanderer, Jonathan P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6483956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31025119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10916-019-1288-3