Fig. 7.1 States adjusted bypass surgery 30-day mortality rate vs. adjusted average yearly decline in bypass surgery mortality risk (1987–1992), controlling for age, gender, race, admission for acute myocardial infarction,…
Program Name Established Scope Target audience Surgery-specific Financial incentives Level of reporting Data type VA NSQIP 1994 National – VA VA hospitals Yes No Hospital Clinical registry ACS NSQIP 2001/2005…
Fig. 5.1 Factors contributing to health care disparities. Size of font reflects perceived relative importance of factor (Reproduced from Haider et~al. [35]) 5.3.3.2 Hospital Volume Surgical outcomes are directly affected…
