Uncertain progress in Swiss perioperative mortality 1998-2014 for 22 operation groups.

CONCLUSIONS: In Switzerland, in-hospital POMR trends from 1998–2014 were unchanged or even increasing for the majority of IORs (73% of included operations). Our analysis used age-standardisation but cannot account for changes in coding practices and organisation of healthcare delivery. POMR trends should be systematically monitored at the national level and used to guide priorities in national quality improvement strategies. PMID: 30905062 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research