Composite measures for profiling hospitals on bariatric surgery performance.

Justin B. Dimick; Nancy J. Birkmeyer; Jonathan F. Finks; David A. Share; Wayne J. English; Arthur M. Carlin; John D. Birkmeyer

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Composite measures for profiling hospitals on bariatric surgery performance.

October 30, 2013

Dimick JB, Birkmeyer NJ, Finks JF, et al. JAMA Surg. 2014;149(1):10-6.

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This study used clinical registry data from the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative to develop a composite outcome score. This measure was more closely associated with future performance than other surgical quality measures.

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