Stewart J Lustik

• Outcomes are Worse in US Patients Undergoing Surgery on Weekends Compared With Weekdays

  Laurent G Glance, Turner Osler et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2016•Referencias: 24

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  BACKGROUND: Increasing surgical access to previously underserved populations in the United States may require a major expansion of the use of operating rooms on weekends to take advantage of unused capacity. Although the so-called weekend effect for surgery has been described in other countries, it is unknown whether US patients undergoing moderate-to-high risk surgery on weekends are more likely to experience worse outcomes than patients undergo…

• Association Between Leapfrog Safe Practices Score and Hospital Mortality in Major Surgery

  Feng Qian, Stewart J Lustik et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2011•Referencias: 30

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  BACKGROUND: The Leapfrog Group reports on hospitals' adoption of the National Quality Forum Patient Safety Practices. However, it is unknown whether hospital compliance with these safe practices is associated with improved outcomes in patients undergoing major surgery. METHODS: We analyzed the association between hospital mortality and Leapfrog Safe Practices among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (n=18,565), abdominal aor…

• Association Between Leapfrog Safe Practices Score and Hospital Mortality in Major Surgery

  Feng Qian, Stewart J Lustik et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2011•Referencias: 30

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  BACKGROUND: The Leapfrog Group reports on hospitals' adoption of the National Quality Forum Patient Safety Practices. However, it is unknown whether hospital compliance with these safe practices is associated with improved outcomes in patients undergoing major surgery. METHODS: We analyzed the association between hospital mortality and Leapfrog Safe Practices among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (n=18,565), abdominal aor…

• Outcomes are Worse in US Patients Undergoing Surgery on Weekends Compared With Weekdays

  Laurent G Glance, Turner Osler et al.•ARTICLE•Medical Care•2016•Referencias: 24

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  BACKGROUND: Increasing surgical access to previously underserved populations in the United States may require a major expansion of the use of operating rooms on weekends to take advantage of unused capacity. Although the so-called weekend effect for surgery has been described in other countries, it is unknown whether US patients undergoing moderate-to-high risk surgery on weekends are more likely to experience worse outcomes than patients undergo…

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