Use of National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data as a Catalyst for Quality Improvement

The Department of Veterans Affairs' NSQIP

1998 • 1,513 citations

Hospital costs associated with surgical complications: A report from the private-sector National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

2004 • 892 citations

Risk Adjustment of the Postoperative Mortality Rate for the Comparative Assessment of the Quality of Surgical Care: Results of the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study

1997 • 755 citations

THE NATIONWIDE NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION RATE

1985 • 727 citations

Wound Infection After Elective Colorectal Resection

2004 • 586 citations

The National Veterans Administration Surgical Risk Study: risk adjustment for the comparative assessment of the quality of surgical care.

1995 • 564 citations

Nosocomial infections in U.S. hospitals, 1975–1976

1981 • 475 citations

The Comparative Assessment and Improvement of Quality of Surgical Care in the Department of Veterans Affairs

2002 • 451 citations

The efficacy of silver alloy-coated urinary catheters in preventing urinary tract infection: a meta-analysis

1998 • 329 citations

Identifying Patient Preoperative Risk Factors and Postoperative Adverse Events in Administrative Databases: Results From The Department of Veterans Affairs National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

2002 • 263 citations

Validating Risk-Adjusted Surgical Outcomes: Site Visit Assessment of Process and Structure1

1997 • 233 citations

Urinary Tract Etiology of Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Patients

1983 • 192 citations

Identification of Surgical Complications and Deaths: An Assessment of the Traditional Surgical Morbidity and Mortality Conference Compared with the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

2006 • 191 citations

Efficacy of antimicrobial-impregnated bladder catheters in reducing catheter-associated bacteriuria: a prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trial

1999 • 163 citations

Risk-Adjusted Surgical Outcomes

2001 • 107 citations

Randomized multi-centre trial of the effects of a catheter coated with hydrogel and silver salts on the incidence of hospital-acquired urinary tract infections

2000 • 102 citations

Mortality After Noncardiac Surgery

2005 • 60 citations

Clinical Application of the Bardex IC Foley Catheter

1999 • 56 citations

Using the Veterans Administration National Surgical Quality Improvement Program to Improve Patient Outcomes

2000 • 46 citations

Validating risk-adjusted surgical outcomes: chart review of process of care

2001 • 44 citations

The measurement of quality in surgery.

1999 • 13 citations