Electronically Available Comorbidities Should Be Used in Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment | Zendy

Sarah S. Jackson | Zendy; Surbhi Leekha | Zendy; Laurence S. Magder | Zendy; Lisa Pineles | Zendy; Deverick J. Anderson | Zendy; William E. Trick | Zendy; Keith F. Woeltje | Zendy; Keith S. Kaye | Zendy; Timothy J. Lowe | Zendy; Anthony D. Harris | Zendy

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Electronically Available Comorbidities Should Be Used in Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment

Author(s) -

Sarah S. Jackson,

Surbhi Leekha,

Laurence S. Magder,

Lisa Pineles,

Deverick J. Anderson,

William E. Trick,

Keith F. Woeltje,

Keith S. Kaye,

Timothy J. Lowe,

Anthony D. Harris

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix431

Subject(s) - medicine , comorbidity , medicaid , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , diagnosis code , health care , population , environmental health , economics , economic growth

Healthcare-associated infections such as surgical site infections (SSIs) are used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as pay-for-performance metrics. Risk adjustment allows a fairer comparison of SSI rates across hospitals. Until 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) risk adjustment models for pay-for-performance SSI did not adjust for patient comorbidities. New 2016 CDC models only adjust for body mass index and diabetes.

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