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Comparison of hospital surgical site infection rates and rankings using claims versus National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2018

Chanu Rhee ,
Rui Wang ,
Maximilian S. Jentzsch ,
Carly Broadwell ,
Heather Hsu ,
Robert Jin ,
Kelly Horan  and
Grace M. Lee
Chanu Rhee*
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Rui Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Maximilian S. Jentzsch
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Carly Broadwell
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Heather Hsu
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Robert Jin
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Kelly Horan
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Grace M. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
*
Author for correspondence: Chanu Rhee, MD, MPH, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, 401 Park Drive, Suite 401, Boston, MA 02215. E-mail: crhee@bwh.harvard.edu
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Abstract

National policies target healthcare-associated infections using medical claims and National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance data. We found low concordance between the 2 data sources in rates and rankings for surgical site infection following colon surgery in 155 hospitals, underscoring the limitations in evaluating hospital quality by claims data.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , February 2019 , pp. 208 - 210
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

Cite this article: Rhee C., et al. (2019). Comparison of hospital surgical site infection rates and rankings using claims versus National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance data. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2019, 40, 208–210. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.310

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