Assessing whether cancer stage is needed to evaluate measures of hospital surgical performance.
Jessica A LaveryAllison Lipitz-SnydermanDiane G LiPeter B BachKatherine S PanageasPublished in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2019)
These findings support the use of FFS Medicare claims for hospital-level analyses of short-term outcomes following cancer surgery. Quality reporting based on these analyses can be used to help patients choose among hospitals and for evaluating policies to improve surgical cancer care.
Keyphrases
- papillary thyroid
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- squamous cell
- adverse drug
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- minimally invasive
- public health
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- acute care
- emergency department
- health insurance
- childhood cancer
- patient reported outcomes
- young adults
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- patient reported