title: Are Higher Hospital Venous Thromboembolism Rates an Indicator of Better Quality?: Evaluation of the Validity of a Hospital Quality Measure.
authors: Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 633 North Saint Clair Street, 20th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
authors: Christina A
authors: CA
authors: Minami
authors: Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center, Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 633 North Saint Clair Street, 20th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: k-bilimoria@northwestern.edu.
authors: Karl Y
authors: KY
authors: Bilimoria
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007297:Inpatients; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Patient safety indicator 12; SCIP-VTE-2; Surveillance bias; Venous thromboembolism