Using days alive and out of hospital to measure surgical outcomes in New Zealand: a cross-sectional study

Conclusion In New Zealand after direct risk adjustment, differences in DAOH90 between three types of surgical procedure reflected their respective risk levels and associated mortality rates. Outlier DHBs were identified for each procedure. Thus, our approach to analysing DAOH90 appears to have considerable face validity and potential utility for contributing to the measurement of perioperative outcomes in an audit or quality improvement setting.
Source: BMJ Open - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Open access, Surgery Source Type: research