Detection of Postoperative Respiratory Failure: How Predictive Is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicator?

Examining the Impact of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) on the Veterans Health Administration

“…26,43 However, several recent studies show that a number of the PSIs (including those with the highest impact on readmissions in our study) have moderate to good positive predictive ability based on chart review. [44][45][46][47] In addition, we did not examine organizational-level factors potentially associated with readmissions, because our primary focus was on the relationship between PSIs and readmissions. Future studies should examine their impact on readmissions.…”

Using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators for Targeting Nursing Quality Improvement

“…Information about the accuracy (criterion validity) of the PSIs, based on the same review process, has been published elsewhere. [2][3][4][5] …”

Development and validation of a score to predict postoperative respiratory failure in a multicentre European cohort

“…4,6 In addition, the majority of the available scoring systems have been developed from retrospective databases that contain administrative information and coding. 1,3,[5][6][7]11 Retrospectively identified predictors have certain limitations, [12][13][14][15] including low positive predictive values and moderate reliability, and they are subject to errors in data collection, higher percentages of missing values and the lack of information on variables of clinical interest.…”