title: Understanding the reliability of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program as a quality comparator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Kim F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Rhoads
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 2Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: Sherry M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wren
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020379:Risk Adjustment / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality* / Q000592:standards*