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Trends in the Adoption of Robotic Surgery for Common Surgical Procedures by Sheetz, Kyle H, Claflin, Jake, Dimick, Justin B

“…Increasing use of robotic surgery for common surgical procedures with limited evidence and unclear clinical benefit is raising concern. Analyses of…”
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Impact of Hospital Characteristics on Failure to Rescue Following Major Surgery by Sheetz, Kyle H, Dimick, Justin B, Ghaferi, Amir A

“…OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of hospital characteristics on failure to rescue after high-risk surgery in Medicare beneficiaries. SUMMARY BACKGROUND…”
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Variation in Surgical Spending Among the Highest Quality Hospitals for Cancer Surgery by Diaz, Adrian, Nuliyalu, Usha, Dimick, Justin B., Nathan, Hari

“…OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates the variation in spending by the highest-quality hospitals performing complex cancer surgery in the United States. SUMMARY…”
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Increasing Funding for Surgeon-Scientists-Lowering the Bar Is Not the Answer by Gallagher, Katherine A, Dimick, Justin B

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Optimizing ACS NSQIP Modeling for Evaluation of Surgical Quality and Risk: Patient Risk Adjustment, Procedure Mix Adjustment, Shrinkage Adjustment, and Surgical Focus by Cohen, Mark E., PhD, Ko, Clifford Y., MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, Bilimoria, Karl Y., MD, MS, Zhou, Lynn, PhD, Huffman, Kristopher, MS, Wang, Xue, PhD, Liu, Yaoming, PhD, Kraemer, Kari, PhD, Meng, Xiangju, MS, Merkow, Ryan, MD, MS, Chow, Warren, MD, MS, Matel, Brian, MA, Richards, Karen, BA, Hart, Amy J., BS, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, Hall, Bruce L., MD, PhD, MBA, FACS

“…The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) collects detailed clinical data from participating hospitals using…”
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Association Between Hospital Staffing Models and Failure to Rescue by Ward, Sarah T, Dimick, Justin B, Zhang, Wenying, Campbell, Darrell A, Ghaferi, Amir A

“…OBJECTIVE:To identify hospital staffing models associated with failure to rescue (FTR) rates at low- and high-performing hospitals. BACKGROUND:FTR is an…”
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Hospital Quality and the Cost of Inpatient Surgery in the United States by BIRKMEYER, John D, GUST, Cathryn, DIMICK, Justin B, BIRKMEYER, Nancy J. O, SKINNER, Jonathan S

“…Payers, policy makers, and professional organizations have launched a variety of initiatives aimed at improving hospital quality with inpatient surgery…”
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Impact of Surgical Quality Improvement on Payments in Medicare Patients by Scally, Christopher P, Thumma, Jyothi R, Birkmeyer, John D, Dimick, Justin B

“…OBJECTIVE:To examine the financial impact of quality improvement using Medicare payment data. BACKGROUND:Demonstrating a business case for quality…”
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Prioritizing Quality Improvement in General Surgery by Schilling, Peter L., MD, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, Birkmeyer, John D., MD, FACS

“…Background Despite growing interest in quality improvement, uncertainty remains about which procedures offer the most room for improvement in general surgery…”
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Regional intensity of vascular care and lower extremity amputation rates by Goodney, Philip P., MD, MS, Holman, Kerianne, MD, MPH, Henke, Peter K., MD, Travis, Lori L., MS, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, Stukel, Therese A., PhD, Fisher, Elliott S., MD, MPH, Birkmeyer, John D., MD

“…Objective Because patient-level differences do not fully explain the variation in lower extremity amputation rates across the United States, we hypothesized…”
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The Influence of Resident Involvement on Surgical Outcomes by Raval, Mehul V., MD, MS, Wang, Xue, MA, Cohen, Mark E., PhD, Ingraham, Angela M., MD, MS, Bentrem, David J., MD, MS, FACS, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, FACS, Flynn, Timothy, MD, FACS, Hall, Bruce L., MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Ko, Clifford Y., MD, MS, MSHS, FACS

“…Background Although the training of surgical residents is often considered in national policy addressing complications and safety, the influence of resident…”
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Reliability of Readmission Rates as a Hospital Quality Measure in Cardiac Surgery by Shih, Terry, MD, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH

“…Background Recent policy interventions have reduced payments to hospitals with higher-than-predicted risk-adjusted readmission rates. However, whether…”
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Hospital Characteristics Associated with Failure to Rescue from Complications after Pancreatectomy by Ghaferi, Amir A., MD, MS, Osborne, Nicholas H., MD, MS, Birkmeyer, John D., MD, FACS, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, FACS

“…Background Failure to rescue (ie, mortality after a major complication) has recently been demonstrated as a mechanism underlying differences between high and…”
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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Health Professional Shortage Areas by Stewart, James W., Kunnath, Nicholas, Dimick, Justin B., Pagani, Francis D., Ailawadi, Gorav, Ibrahim, Andrew M.

“…Health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) were created by the Health Resources and Services Administration to identify communities with a shortage of clinical…”
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Comparison of Patient Outcomes of Surgeons Who Are US Versus International Medical Graduates by Tsugawa, Yusuke, Dimick, Justin B., Jena, Anupam B., Maggard-Gibbons, Melinda, Blumenthal, Daniel M., Gross, Nate, Jha, Ashish K.

“…OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare patient outcomes between International Medical Graduate (IMG) versus US medical graduate (USMG) surgeons…”
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Association of Surgical Resident Competency Ratings With Patient Outcomes by Kendrick, Daniel E., Thelen, Angela E., Chen, Xilin, Gupta, Tanvi, Yamazaki, Kenji, Krumm, Andrew E., Bandeh-Ahmadi, Hoda, Clark, Michael, Luckoscki, John, Fan, Zhaohui, Wnuk, Greg M., Ryan, Andrew M., Mukherjee, Bhramar, Hamstra, Stanley J., Dimick, Justin B., Holmboe, Eric S., George, Brian C.

“…Accurate assessment of clinical performance is essential to ensure graduating residents are competent for unsupervised practice. The Accreditation Council for…”
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Racial Disparities in Readmissions and Site of Care for Major Surgery by Girotti, Micah E., MD, MS, Shih, Terry, MD, Revels, Sha'Shonda, MD, MA, MS, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, FACS

“…Background Racial disparities have been described in many surgical outcomes. We sought to examine whether these disparities extend to postoperative readmission…”
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Quantifying Geographic Variation in Health Care Outcomes in the United States before and after Risk-Adjustment by Rosenberg, Barry L, Kellar, Joshua A, Labno, Anna, Matheson, David H M, Ringel, Michael, VonAchen, Paige, Lesser, Richard I, Li, Yue, Dimick, Justin B, Gawande, Atul A, Larsson, Stefan H, Moses, 3rd, Hamilton

“…Despite numerous studies of geographic variation in healthcare cost and utilization at the local, regional, and state levels across the U.S., a comprehensive…”
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Racial disparities in the use of revascularization before leg amputation in Medicare patients by Holman, Kerianne H., MD, Henke, Peter K., MD, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, Birkmeyer, John D., MD

“…Objective Black patients with peripheral arterial disease undergo amputation at two to four times the rate of white patients. In order to determine whether…”
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Relevance of the C-Statistic When Evaluating Risk-Adjustment Models in Surgery by Merkow, Ryan P., MD, Hall, Bruce L., MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Cohen, Mark E., PhD, Dimick, Justin B., MD, MPH, FACS, Wang, Edward, PhD, Chow, Warren B., MD, MS, Ko, Clifford Y., MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, Bilimoria, Karl Y., MD, MS

“…Background The measurement of hospital quality based on outcomes requires risk adjustment. The c-statistic is a popular tool used to judge model performance,…”
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