A Simple Risk Adjustment for Hospital-Level Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex, Cesarean Delivery Rates and Its Implications for Public Reporting.

Benjamin D PollockLeslie CarranzaElizabeth Braswell-PickeringChristine M SingLindsay L WarnerRegan N Theiler

Published in: Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety (2024)

Risk adjustment for age, obesity, diabetes, and hypertensive disorders is feasible and resulted in meaningful changes in hospital-level NTSV-CD rates with potentially impactful consequences for hospitals near The Joint Commission reporting threshold.

Keyphrases

adverse drug
healthcare
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome

cardiovascular disease
blood pressure
insulin resistance
gestational age

preterm infants
emergency department
preterm birth
adipose tissue

nk cells
drug induced
breast cancer risk