Variation in the reporting of elective surgeries and its influence on patient safety indicators.

Kenneth J Locey; Thomas A. Webb; Brian D. Stein; Sana Farooqui; Bala Hota

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Variation in the reporting of elective surgeries and its influence on patient safety indicators.

July 6, 2022

Locey KJ, Webb TA, Stein BD, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2022;48(8):403-410.

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The AHRQ patient safety indicators (PSIs) are widely used measures of preventable complications and quality of care. This study found that a hospital’s internal policies about admission type introduces variation in PSI scores for elective surgeries.

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