Variation in mortality after high-risk cancer surgery: failure to rescue

Amir A Ghaferi; Justin B Dimick

doi:10.1016/j.soc.2012.03.006

Variation in mortality after high-risk cancer surgery: failure to rescue

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2012 Jul;21(3):389-95, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2012.03.006. Epub 2012 Apr 13.

Authors

Amir A Ghaferi¹, Justin B Dimick

Affiliation

¹ Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2800 Plymouth Road, Building 520, Room 3144, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

PMID: 22583988
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2012.03.006

Abstract

Surgical mortality with oncologic surgery varies widely in the United States. Patients, providers, and payers are paying closer attention to these variations and a way of reducing them. Although different hospital and surgical technologies and processes of care may account for some of this variation, there is an increasing awareness of the role of hospital safety culture. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting the importance of reducing mortality rates after major complications as a means to reducing the disparate mortality rates with oncologic surgery.

MeSH terms

Elective Surgical Procedures / mortality
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization
Humans
Neoplasms / mortality*
Neoplasms / surgery
Postoperative Complications / mortality*
Quality of Health Care
Risk Factors
Salvage Therapy
United States / epidemiology