Mind the Gaps: Comparing Vascular Quality Initiative and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Populations and Outcomes in Open Infrainguinal Bypass

The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) and the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Procedure Targeted (NSQIP-PT) databases both aim to prospectively capture key variables related to vascular surgical procedures nationwide in order to track outcomes and improve quality. Both of these databases, however, are subject to bias based on voluntary hospital participation, and only VQI captures all consecutive procedures within a procedural area (eg, infrainguinal bypass, suprainguinal bypass), whereas NSQIP uses a sample of the total cases by institution.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - December 22, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Lily E. Johnston, Margaret C. Tracci, John A. Kern, Kenneth J. Cherry, Irving L. Kron, Gilbert R. Upchurch Tags: Abstract from the 2016 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting Source Type: research