Avoiding immortal time bias in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program readmission measure

JAMA Surg. 2014 Aug;149(8):875-7. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.115.

Authors

Donald J Lucas¹, Elliott R Haut², Elizabeth M Hechenbleikner³, Elizabeth C Wick², Timothy M Pawlik²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Surgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC.

PMID: 24990457
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.115

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bias
Humans
Length of Stay*
Patient Readmission*
Quality Improvement*
Time Factors
United States