Published in J Am Coll Surg on April 01, 2010
Development and evaluation of the universal ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator: a decision aid and informed consent tool for patients and surgeons. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 2.37
Brief tool to measure risk-adjusted surgical outcomes in resource-limited hospitals. Arch Surg (2012) 1.59
Predictors of short-term postoperative survival after elective colectomy in colon cancer patients ≥ 80 years of age. Ann Surg Oncol (2013) 0.94
The power of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program--achieving a zero pneumonia rate in general surgery patients. Perm J (2012) 0.92
Automated Detection of Postoperative Surgical Site Infections Using Supervised Methods with Electronic Health Record Data. Stud Health Technol Inform (2015) 0.84
"The National Surgery Quality Improvement Project" (NSQIP): a new tool to increase patient safety and cost efficiency in a surgical intensive care unit. Patient Saf Surg (2014) 0.84
Quality measurement and improvement in general surgery. Perm J (2011) 0.83
Risk adjustment for cesarean delivery rates: how many variables do we need? An observational study using administrative databases. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.82
Impact of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 trial on clinical management of the axilla in older breast cancer patients: a SEER-medicare analysis. Ann Surg Oncol (2013) 0.81
Laparoscopy is safe among patients with congestive heart failure undergoing general surgery procedures. Surgery (2014) 0.79
Differences in hospital performance for noncancer vs cancer colorectal surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2014) 0.79
An efficient risk adjustment model to predict inpatient adverse events after surgery. World J Surg (2014) 0.79
Comparison of National Operative Mortality in Gastroenterological Surgery Using Web-based Prospective Data Entry Systems. Medicine (Baltimore) (2015) 0.78
How to improve the performance of intraoperative risk models: an example with vital signs using the surgical apgar score. Anesth Analg (2013) 0.75
Wound classification reporting in HPB surgery: can a single word change public perception of institutional performance? HPB (Oxford) (2014) 0.75
Optimizing risk-adjusted outcome measures: a moving target. Invited commentary on: Variability of NSQIP assessed surgical quality based on age and disease process. J Surg Res (2013) 0.75
Risk-adjusted outcomes database as a tool to promote horizontal integration of surgical systems in low- and middle-income countries. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 0.75
Hepatic and pancreatic resection in patients with end-stage renal disease: a propensity analysis. HPB (Oxford) (2014) 0.75
An Online Tool for Global Benchmarking of Risk-Adjusted Surgical Outcomes. World J Surg (2017) 0.75
The need for unique risk adjustment for surgical site infections at a high-volume, tertiary care center with inherent high-risk colorectal procedures. Tech Coloproctol (2017) 0.75
The risks of risk adjustment. JAMA (1997) 5.45
Risk adjustment of the postoperative mortality rate for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care: results of the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study. J Am Coll Surg (1997) 4.55
Risk adjustment of the postoperative morbidity rate for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care: results of the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study. J Am Coll Surg (1997) 3.46
Blueprint for a new American College of Surgeons: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 2.53
Assessing the outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery: how many risk factors are enough? Steering Committee of the Cardiac Care Network of Ontario. J Am Coll Cardiol (1997) 1.39
Ranking hospitals on surgical quality: does risk-adjustment always matter? J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.23
Colon cancer survival rates with the new American Joint Committee on Cancer sixth edition staging. J Natl Cancer Inst (2004) 10.61
Variation in hospital mortality associated with inpatient surgery. N Engl J Med (2009) 9.39
Trends in hospital volume and operative mortality for high-risk surgery. N Engl J Med (2011) 6.90
Imaging use among employed and self-employed urologists. J Urol (2010) 5.34
Surgical mortality as an indicator of hospital quality: the problem with small sample size. JAMA (2004) 4.76
Extent of surgery affects survival for papillary thyroid cancer. Ann Surg (2007) 4.73
Hospital lymph node examination rates and survival after resection for colon cancer. JAMA (2007) 4.55
The National Cancer Data Base: a powerful initiative to improve cancer care in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 3.82
Complications, failure to rescue, and mortality with major inpatient surgery in medicare patients. Ann Surg (2009) 3.68
National failure to operate on early stage pancreatic cancer. Ann Surg (2007) 3.65
Toward robust information: data quality and inter-rater reliability in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 3.55
Disparities in the utilization of high-volume hospitals for complex surgery. JAMA (2006) 3.35
Hospital volume, length of stay, and readmission rates in high-risk surgery. Ann Surg (2003) 3.31
Updated population-based review of carcinoid tumors. Ann Surg (2004) 3.21
Hospital volume and operative mortality in cancer surgery: a national study. Arch Surg (2003) 3.21
Black patients more likely than whites to undergo surgery at low-quality hospitals in segregated regions. Health Aff (Millwood) (2013) 3.08
Small bowel cancer in the United States: changes in epidemiology, treatment, and survival over the last 20 years. Ann Surg (2009) 3.07
Does surgical quality improve in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: an evaluation of all participating hospitals. Ann Surg (2009) 3.05
Large variations in Medicare payments for surgery highlight savings potential from bundled payment programs. Health Aff (Millwood) (2011) 3.05
Use of radioactive iodine for thyroid cancer. JAMA (2011) 2.98
Hospital complication rates with bariatric surgery in Michigan. JAMA (2010) 2.92
Bariatric surgery complications before vs after implementation of a national policy restricting coverage to centers of excellence. JAMA (2013) 2.90
Validation of the 6th edition AJCC Pancreatic Cancer Staging System: report from the National Cancer Database. Cancer (2007) 2.85
Residual treatment disparities after oncology referral for rectal cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst (2008) 2.84
Opening of specialty cardiac hospitals and use of coronary revascularization in medicare beneficiaries. JAMA (2007) 2.81
Directing surgical quality improvement initiatives: comparison of perioperative mortality and long-term survival for cancer surgery. J Clin Oncol (2008) 2.74
A comparison of clinical registry versus administrative claims data for reporting of 30-day surgical complications. Ann Surg (2012) 2.72
The aging population and its impact on the surgery workforce. Ann Surg (2003) 2.70
American Society of Clinical Oncology/National Comprehensive Cancer Network Quality Measures. J Clin Oncol (2008) 2.69
Ranking hospitals on surgical mortality: the importance of reliability adjustment. Health Serv Res (2010) 2.68
Introduction to propensity scores: A case study on the comparative effectiveness of laparoscopic vs open appendectomy. Arch Surg (2010) 2.63
Effect of delay to operation on outcomes in adults with acute appendicitis. Arch Surg (2010) 2.53
Blueprint for a new American College of Surgeons: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg (2008) 2.53
Lymph node evaluation as a colon cancer quality measure: a national hospital report card. J Natl Cancer Inst (2008) 2.46
A 10-year outcomes evaluation of mucinous and signet-ring cell carcinoma of the colon and rectum. Dis Colon Rectum (2005) 2.45
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma: a meta-analysis. Surgery (2005) 2.40
Development and evaluation of the universal ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator: a decision aid and informed consent tool for patients and surgeons. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 2.37
Race and surgical mortality in the United States. Ann Surg (2006) 2.31
Evaluation of surveillance bias and the validity of the venous thromboembolism quality measure. JAMA (2013) 2.31
Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults. Am Surg (2003) 2.30
Hospital volume and failure to rescue with high-risk surgery. Med Care (2011) 2.29
Outcomes in octogenarians undergoing high-risk cancer operation: a national study. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 2.23
How a regional collaborative of hospitals and physicians in Michigan cut costs and improved the quality of care. Health Aff (Millwood) (2011) 2.22
Readmissions following pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreas cancer: a population-based appraisal. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 2.20
Do young colon cancer patients have worse outcomes? World J Surg (2004) 2.20
Validity and feasibility of the american college of surgeons colectomy composite outcome quality measure. Ann Surg (2013) 2.18
Understanding racial disparities in cancer treatment and outcomes. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 2.18
Factors predicting complication rates following total knee replacement. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2006) 2.15
Quality improvement in surgery: the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program approach. Adv Surg (2010) 2.14
The influence of resident involvement on surgical outcomes. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 2.12
Should volume standards for cardiovascular surgery focus only on high-risk patients? Circulation (2003) 2.12
Hospitalization before and after gastric bypass surgery. JAMA (2005) 2.12
Operator experience and carotid stenting outcomes in Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA (2011) 2.12
Use and outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted colectomy for cancer in the United States. Arch Surg (2008) 2.10
Volume, process of care, and operative mortality for cystectomy for bladder cancer. Urology (2007) 2.07
Trends in the United States in the treatment of distal radial fractures in the elderly. J Bone Joint Surg Am (2009) 2.06
Malignancies of the appendix: beyond case series reports. Dis Colon Rectum (2005) 2.02
Hospital factors and racial disparities in mortality after surgery for breast and colon cancer. J Clin Oncol (2009) 2.02
Socioeconomic status and surgical mortality in the elderly. Med Care (2008) 2.01
Surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma: does it improve survival? Ann Surg Oncol (2004) 2.01
Racial/ethnic disparities in access to care and survival for patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma. Arch Surg (2010) 2.01
Do cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have better surgical outcomes? Cancer (2005) 1.99
Acquired inpatient risk factors for venous thromboembolism after thermal injury. J Burn Care Res (2012) 1.98
Hospital process compliance and surgical outcomes in medicare beneficiaries. Arch Surg (2010) 1.96
Regional intensity of vascular care and lower extremity amputation rates. J Vasc Surg (2013) 1.95
Composite measures for predicting surgical mortality in the hospital. Health Aff (Millwood) (2009) 1.94
Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric surgical patient: a best practices guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.94
Assessment of pancreatic cancer care in the United States based on formally developed quality indicators. J Natl Cancer Inst (2009) 1.92
Laparoscopic skills are improved with LapMentor training: results of a randomized, double-blinded study. Ann Surg (2006) 1.91
Comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy alone and completion axillary lymph node dissection for node-positive breast cancer. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.90
Reliability of superficial surgical site infections as a hospital quality measure. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.90
Prognostic score predicting survival after resection of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: analysis of 3851 patients. Ann Surg (2008) 1.90
Intensive care unit physician staffing: financial modeling of the Leapfrog standard. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.89
Association between occurrence of a postoperative complication and readmission: implications for quality improvement and cost savings. Ann Surg (2013) 1.87
Preoperative predictors of weight loss following bariatric surgery: systematic review. Obes Surg (2012) 1.86
Thirty-day mortality statistics underestimate the risk of repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a statewide experience. J Vasc Surg (2006) 1.84
Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 1.84
Identification of specific quality improvement opportunities for the elderly undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. Arch Surg (2009) 1.83
Racial disparities in late survival after rectal cancer surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.83
Development of an American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program: morbidity and mortality risk calculator for colorectal surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.83
Impact of tumor grade on prognosis in pancreatic cancer: should we include grade in AJCC staging? Ann Surg Oncol (2010) 1.82
Strategies for improving surgical quality--should payers reward excellence or effort? N Engl J Med (2006) 1.82
Cancer-directed surgery for localized disease: decreased use in the elderly. Ann Surg Oncol (2004) 1.80
Empirically derived composite measures of surgical performance. Med Care (2009) 1.80
Comparison of outcomes after laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for acute appendicitis at 222 ACS NSQIP hospitals. Surgery (2010) 1.77
Underuse of axillary dissection for the management of sentinel node micrometastases in breast cancer. Arch Surg (2010) 1.76
Comparison of commission on cancer-approved and -nonapproved hospitals in the United States: implications for studies that use the National Cancer Data Base. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.75
Comparison of 30-day outcomes after emergency general surgery procedures: potential for targeted improvement. Surgery (2010) 1.74
National trends in utilization and in-hospital outcomes of bariatric surgery. J Gastrointest Surg (2002) 1.73