Frederick L Grover

Datos Biográficos

ID5536775
NOMBREFrederick L Grover
NOMBRESFrederick L
APELLIDOGrover
FIRMAGROVER F L
AFILIACIONESDenver VA Medical Center
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS14
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR14
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1995
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2005
ÍNDICE H0

  • Mortality After Cardiac Bypass Surgery

    Jane M Geraci, Michael L Johnson et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2005Referencias: 27

    BACKGROUND: Risk-adjusted outcome rates frequently are used to make inferences about hospital quality of care. We calculated risk-adjusted mortality rates in veterans undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass surgery (CABS) from administrative data and from chart-based clinical data and compared the assessment of hospital high and low outlier status for mortality that results from these 2 data sources. STUDY POPULATION: We studied veterans who u…

  • Relationship Between Processes of Care and Coronary Bypass Operative Mortality and Morbidity

    Maureen M O’Brien, A Laurie Shroyer et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2004Referencias: 49

    BACKGROUND: Information is limited regarding the effects of processes of care on cardiac surgical outcomes. Correspondingly, many recommended cardiac surgical processes of care are derived from animal experiments or clinical judgment. This report from the VA Cooperative Study in Health Services, "Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery," focuses on the relationships between 3 process groups (preoperative evaluation, intraoperative …

  • Effect of Definition of Mortality on Hospital Profiles

    Michael L Johnson, H Scott Gordon et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2002Referencias: 23

    BACKGROUND: Hospitals are ranked based on risk-adjusted measures of postoperative mortality, but definitions differ about which deaths following surgery should be included. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether varying the case definition of deaths following surgery that are included in coronary artery bypass surgery quality assessment affects the identification of outlier hospitals. RESEARCH DESIGN: The study used a prospective cohort design. SUBJECTS…

  • Statistical Methods and Strategies for Working with Large Data Bases

    Guillermo Marshall, William G Henderson et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    This article describes the statistical methods and strategies to be used in establishing the linkages between processes and structures of care with risk-adjusted outcomes in a large multicenter Veterans Affairs cooperative study in health services of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The statistical analyses consist of test involving nine specific hypotheses related to the effect of processes and structures of care on risk-adjusted outcomes. F…

  • Relationships Between Patient-Related Risk Factors, Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgical Care Conceptual Models

    A Laurie Shroyer, Martin J London et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    The processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS) study involves data collection on a comprehensive array of patient risk factors, processes, structures, and short-term outcomes of care at 14 participating Veterans Administration medical centers. This article summarizes the PSOCS conceptual models that serve as the theoretical framework for analyzing the hypothesized risk-process-structure-outcome relationships being inve…

  • The Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery Study An Overview

    A Laurie Shroyer, Martin J London et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    The purpose of this article is to summarize the following set of 10 manuscripts on the Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS) study. The authors believe that many of the innovative study design and implementation features of PSOCS will be of interest to clinicians and to the health services research community. This series of articles represents an extensive review of the existing literature and provides an overview…

  • The Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery Study Protocol

    A Laurie Shroyer, Martin J London et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    Recently, a growing interest has arisen in defining and measuring health care outcomes. Although outcome measures may be used as potential quality-of-care screens, outcomes cannot indicate directly how care might be improved. Thus, the Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS) study was designed to investigate the linkages between the processes and structures of care with risk-adjusted outcomes for cardiac surgery car…

  • Development of an Interactive Data Base Management System for Capturing Large Volumes of Data

    Thomas E Moritz, Thomas Moritz et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    Accurate collection and successful management of data are problems common to all scientific studies. For studies in which large quantities of data are collected by means of questionnaires and/or forms, data base management becomes quite laborious and time consuming. Data base management comprises data collection, data entry, data editing, and data base maintenance. In this article, the authors describe the development of an interactive data base …

  • Evaluating Anesthesia Health Care Delivery for Cardiac Surgery

    Martin J London, A Laurie Shroyer et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    Anesthesia care is an integral component of cardiac surgery. Emphasis on cost-effectiveness and decreased hospital stay has prompted reevaluation of anesthesia practice. However, the role of anesthesia process and structure variables in relation to patient outcomes is largely unknown. Processes, Structures and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery is the first epidemiologic study to collect data on anesthesia processes, such as the pharmacologic co…

  • Variations in Processes and Structures of Cardiac Surgery Practice

    H Gareth Tobler, Gulshan K Sethi et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    It is hypothesized that variations in the processes and structures of the selection of patients and the conduct of the surgical procedure may influence risk-adjusted outcome in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. For this reason, the results of the pilot phase of this Veterans Affairs cooperative study were reviewed to determine the variation in the operative practices at six pilot institutions. There were large variations in the percentage of e…

  • An Analysis of Interobserver Reliability and Representativeness of Data from the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study on Processes, Structures, and Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery

    William G Henderson, J J McCown et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    The authors made some preliminary judgments regarding the reliability and representativeness of the data in the early stages of the Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study entitled Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS). Preliminary PSOCS interobserver reliability and potential patient and site selection bias reported were based on comparisons with identical risk, procedure, and outcome data items collected independentl…

  • Why it is Important to Demonstrate Linkages Between Outcomes of Care and Processes and Structures of Care

    Karl E Hammermeister, A Laurie Shroyer et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    This first article of the supplement describes the rationale for the Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study, Processes, Structures, and Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery, which was designed to demonstrate statistically and clinically meaningful linkages between processes and structures of care and the outcomes of that care. United States health care is in an era of great enthusiasm for the use of health care outcomes to assess and improve qua…

  • Variations in the Processes and Structures of Cardiac Surgery Nursing Care

    Catherine B Villanueva, SHANN T LUDWIG et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    Nurses play an invaluable role as key members of the cardiac surgery patient's medical care team. Over the last century, the nursing profession has become more independent and autonomous. Despite the widespread use of nursing quality indicators, the effect of nursing-specific processes and structures of care on patient outcomes is unknown. Thus, the Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Care in Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS) study was initiated, in par…

  • Self-Report Measures for Assessing Treatment Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery Patients

    Martin McCarthy, MARTIN J MCCARTHY et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1995

    Patient self-report measures are increasingly valued as outcome variables in health services research studies. In this article, the authors describe the Functional Status, Health Related Quality of Life, Life Satisfaction, and Patient Satisfaction scales included in the Processes, Structures, and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery (PSOCS) cooperative study underway within the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system. In addition to reporting on…