Hospital-level Variation in the Quality of Benign Inpatient Urologic Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine hospital-level variation in outcomes following benign urologic surgeries given that hospital-level variation in surgical outcomes can portend quality and appropriateness of care concerns and identify quality improvement opportunities in perioperative care.

Materials and methods

Using the Washington State Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System, we identified patients who underwent transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCNL), and pyeloplasty from 2003 to 2008. We classified prolonged postoperative length of stay (LOS) as that exceeding the 75th percentile, and we measured the rate of Agency for Healthcare Quality Patient Safety Indicators, readmissions, and death. We calculated hospital-specific observed

SUBMITTER: Zetlen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5861261 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature