Use of Medicare claims to rank hospitals by surgical site infection risk following coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Authors

Susan S. Huang, Harvard UniversityFollow
Hilary Placzek, Harvard University
James Livingston, Harvard University
Allen Ma, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality
Fallon Onufrak, Harvard University
Julie Lankiewicz, Harvard UniversityFollow
Ken Kleinman, Harvard University
Dale Bratzler, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical QualityFollow
Margaret A. Olsen, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Rosie Lyles, Cook County Hospital
Yosef Khan, Ohio State University - Main Campus
Paula Wright, Massachusetts General Hospital
Deborah S. Yokoe, Harvard University
Victoria J. Fraser, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisFollow
Robert A. Weinstein, Cook County Hospital
Kurt Stevenson, Ohio State University - Main Campus
David Hooper, Massachusetts General HospitalFollow
Johanna Vostok, Harvard University
Rupak Datta, Harvard University
Wato Nsa, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality
Richard Platt, Harvard University

Journal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Publication Date

2011

Volume

32

Issue

8

Inclusive Pages

775-783

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1086/660874

Rights and Permissions

Use of Medicare Claims to Rank Hospitals by Surgical Site Infection Risk following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery •  Susan S. Huang, Hilary Placzek, James Livingston, Allen Ma, Fallon Onufrak, Julie Lankiewicz, Ken Kleinman, Dale Bratzler, Margaret A. Olsen, Rosie Lyles, Yosef Khan, Paula Wright, Deborah S. Yokoe, Victoria J. Fraser, Robert A. Weinstein, Kurt Stevenson, David Hooper, Johanna Vostok, Rupak Datta, Wato Nsa and Richard Platt Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , Vol. 32, No. 8 (August 2011), pp. 775-783 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Article DOI: 10.1086/660874 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/660874

Recommended Citation

Huang, Susan S.; Placzek, Hilary; Livingston, James; Ma, Allen; Onufrak, Fallon; Lankiewicz, Julie; Kleinman, Ken; Bratzler, Dale; Olsen, Margaret A.; Lyles, Rosie; Khan, Yosef; Wright, Paula; Yokoe, Deborah S.; Fraser, Victoria J.; Weinstein, Robert A.; Stevenson, Kurt; Hooper, David; Vostok, Johanna; Datta, Rupak; Nsa, Wato; and Platt, Richard, "Use of Medicare claims to rank hospitals by surgical site infection risk following coronary artery bypass graft surgery." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 32, 8. 775-783. (2011).
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