Ventilator-associated pneumonia—the wrong quality measure for benchmarking.
Klompas M, Platt R. Ventilator-associated pneumonia—the wrong quality measure for benchmarking. Ann Intern Med. 2013;147(11):803-805. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-147-11-200712040-00013.
This commentary asserts that, until objective outcome measures are developed, ventilator-associated pneumonia rates should not be used as a measure to reward quality of care.