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

Alcohol Screening and Risk of Postoperative Complications in Male VA Patients Undergoing Major Non-cardiac Surgery

“…The main outcome measure was any postoperative complication(s) in the 30 days after surgery, a composite measure based on 20 complications monitored by VASQIP during the study period. 28 Complications were grouped into 5 subtypes associated with alcohol misuse: surgical field complications, infectious complications other than surgical site infections (SSI), cardiopulmonary complications, neurologic complications, and bleeding complications. 4,5,[29][30][31] Surgical field complications included wound disruption, graft prosthesis failure, organ/space surgical site infection, and superficial and deep wound infections.…”

Determinants of resource utilization and outcomes in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a multicenter analysis of 14,251 patients

“…The PUF contains patient level aggregate data and does not identify hospitals, healthcare providers, or patients. The data collection and sampling methodology has been previously described in detail [16][17][18][19].…”

Outcomes after laparoscopic adrenalectomy

“…The process of SCNR training, data collection, sampling methodology, and IRR auditing has been described in detail previously [13][14][15][16].…”