title: Quality metrics in pancreatic surgery.
abstract: As the practice of pancreatic surgery evolves to encompass a wider array of clinical indications, incorporate increasingly complex technologies, and provide care to an aging population with many comorbid conditions, systematic assessment of quality and outcomes in an effort to improve the quality of care is imperative. This article discusses the volume-outcomes relationship that exists in pancreatic surgery, trends in centralization of practice within the field, common outcomes measures, and the complexity of assessing quality metrics. It also highlights surgical outcomes from several high-volume institutions and recent developments in quality metrics within pancreatic surgery.
authors: Division of General Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Suite 404D, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors: Somala
authors: S
authors: Mohammed
authors: William E
authors: WE
authors: Fisher
mesh_terms: D061847:Hospitals, High-Volume / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D059032:Learning Curve; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000193:education / Q000401:mortality / Q000592:standards*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000193:education / Q000401:mortality / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States