Surgical Site Infections: Volume-Outcome Relationship and Year-to-Year Stability of Performance Rankings
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Surgical Site Infections
BACKGROUND Surgical site infection (SSI) rates are publicly reported as quality metrics and increasingly used to determine financial reimbursement. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the volume-outcome relationship as well as the year-to-year stability of performance rankings following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and hip arthroplasty. RESEARCH DESIGN We performed a retrospective cohort s...
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