High-Performance Trauma Centers in a Single-State Trauma System : Big Saves or Marginal Gains?

CONCLUSIONS: Though patients with very low predicted mortality do equally well in high-performing and low-performing centers, the fact that performance seems determined by outcomes of patients with moderate predicted mortality favors a "marginal gains" theory.
PMID: 32723186 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The American Surgeon - July 28, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Hatchimonji JS, Kaufman EJ, Young AJ, Smith BP, Xiong R, Reilly PM, Holena DN Tags: Am Surg Source Type: research