Procedure-Specific Volume and Nurse-to-Patient Ratio: Implications for Failure to Rescue Patients Following Liver Surgery

• Published in: World journal of surgery Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 910 - 919
• Main Authors: Chen, Qinyu, Olsen, Griffin, Bagante, Fabio, Merath, Katiuscha, Idrees, Jay J., Akgul, Ozgur, Cloyd, Jordan, Dillhoff, Mary, White, Susan, Pawlik, Timothy M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 15.03.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdominal Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; General Surgery; Government programs; Health care; Hepatectomy; Hospitals; Liver; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mortality; Original Scientific Report; Patients; Ratios; Risk; Specific volume; Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Vascular Surgery

Background The effect of various hospital characteristics on failure to rescue (FTR) after liver surgery has not been well examined. We sought to examine the relationship between hospital characteristics and FTR after liver surgery. Methods The 2013–2015 Medicare-Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR...