2023
More problems, more money: Identifying and predicting high-cost rescue after colorectal surgery
Leeds I, Moore M, Schultz K, Canner J, Pantel H, Mongiu A, Reddy V, Schneider E. More problems, more money: Identifying and predicting high-cost rescue after colorectal surgery. Surgery Open Science 2023, 16: 148-154. PMID: 38026825, PMCID: PMC10656212, DOI: 10.1016/j.sopen.2023.10.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchColorectal surgeryElective surgeryMedian total inpatient costsAdditional major proceduresElective colorectal surgeryPreoperative clinical predictorsCongestive heart failureGreater healthcare utilizationMultivariable Poisson regressionNational Inpatient SampleTotal inpatient costsElective colectomyCost-conscious careAdult patientsUneventful recoveryClinical predictorsHeart failureHealthcare utilizationInpatient costsSecondary proceduresInpatient SampleHealthcare costsMedian increaseSurgeryPatients
2018
Value-based purchasing may unfairly penalize specialty centers performing combined liver–colon multivisceral resections
Leeds I, Pronovost P, Austin J, Haut E. Value-based purchasing may unfairly penalize specialty centers performing combined liver–colon multivisceral resections. Journal Of Patient Safety And Risk Management 2018, 23: 143-148. DOI: 10.1177/2516043518790654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurgical site infection rateMultivisceral resectionInfection rateValue-based purchasing programColon surgeryOverall surgical site infection rateConcurrent liver resectionElective colon surgerySurgical site infectionHospital-level characteristicsNational Inpatient SampleInadequate risk adjustmentMultivariable linear regressionAdult patientsLiver resectionSite infectionInpatient SampleSpecialty centersHospital ratesResectionHospital identifiersPurchasing ProgramRisk adjustmentValue-based purchasingLinear regression