title: Risk-adjusted outcomes and perioperative care.
abstract: Risk-adjusted patient outcomes are developing as an accurate measure of adequacy of perioperative care. The National Surgery Quality Improvement Program has become the standard tool for assessment of risk-adjusted mortality and morbidity in surgical patients in the United States.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. lenan@umich.edu
authors.forename: Lena M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Napolitano
authors.forename: Barbara L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Bass
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000592:standards*; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs