A Nationwide Study Assessing Preventable Hospitalization Rate on Mortality after Major Cardiovascular Surgery

This study's purpose is to determine the effect of a previously unassessed measure of quality of care —a hospital's preventable hospitalization rate—on 30-day mortality at both the hospital and individual levels after three major cardiovascular surgery procedures. This is a population-based study using Taiwan's National Health Insurance database. We retrieved data from 2001-2014 for patients who had undergone abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), or aortic valve replacement (AVR).
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: ADULT – Original Submission Source Type: research