Open AccessAssociation of Hospital Participation in a Quality Reporting Program With Surgical Outcomes and Expenditures for Medicare Beneficiaries
Author(s) -
Nicholas H. Osborne,
Lauren Hersch Nicholas,
Andrew M. Ryan,
Jyothi R. Thumma,
Justin B. Dimick
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2015.25
Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , emergency medicine , percentile , mathematics , statistics
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) provides feedback to hospitals on risk-adjusted outcomes. It is not known if participation in the program improves outcomes and reduces costs relative to nonparticipating hospitals.
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