Failure to Rescue in Safety-Net Hospitals: Availability of Hospital Resources and Differences in Performance

IMPORTANCE Failure to rescue (FTR), the mortality rate among surgical patients with complications, is an emerging quality indicator. Hospitals with a high safety-net burden, defined as the proportion of patients covered by Medicaid or uninsured, provide a disproportionate share of medical care to vu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JAMA surgery 2014-03, Vol.149 (3), p.229-235
Hauptverfasser:	Wakeam, Elliot, Hevelone, Nathanael D, Maine, Rebecca, Swain, Jabaris, Lipsitz, Stuart A, Finlayson, Samuel R. G, Ashley, Stanley W, Weissman, Joel S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Humans Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Postoperative Complications - mortality Quality Indicators, Health Care Resource Allocation Safety-net Providers - standards Safety-net Providers - statistics & numerical data Surgical Procedures, Operative - mortality
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