Composite measures for profiling hospitals on bariatric surgery performance.
Dimick JB, Birkmeyer NJ, Finks JF, et al. Composite measures for profiling hospitals on bariatric surgery performance. JAMA Surg. 2014;149(1):10-6. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4109.
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.