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A stitch in time? Process and outcome measures related to specific adverse events seen in US surgical inpatients 18+ years old: Findings from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (NHQR/DR)
Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadershipBiostatistics, economics
Learning Objectives:
Identify several process and outcome measures used in the NHQR/DR related to adverse surgical events
Describe overall nationwide and demographic subgroup results from 2009-2011 regarding process measures related to avoiding certain infection-related complications in US adult surgical patients.
Describe overall nationwide and demographic subgroup rates of sepsis and of re-closure of surgical wound dehiscence in US adult surgical patients for 2009-2011.
Keyword(s): Quality of Care, Treatment Outcomes
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a physician/clinical epidemiologist/health services researcher and have been a member of the AHRQ team that generates the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports since 2004. I am also a member of the HAI and General Patient Safety teams of AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. My relevant research interests include the use of administrative and medcial records data to track process and outcome measures of the quality of surgical care.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.