Michael S Calderwood
Biographic Data
| ID | 5537692 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael S Calderwood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael S |
| FAMILY NAME | Calderwood |
| SIGNATURE | CALDERWOOD M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3803-0438 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Surgical Site Infections
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infection (SSI) rates are publicly reported as quality metrics and increasingly used to determine financial reimbursement. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the volume-outcome relationship as well as the year-to-year stability of performance rankings following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and hip arthroplasty. RESEARCH DESIGN: We performed a retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries who underwent CABG surg…
Medicare Claims Can Be Used to Identify US Hospitals With Higher Rates of Surgical Site Infection Following Vascular Surgery
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSIs) following vascular surgery have high morbidity and costs, and are increasingly tracked as hospital quality measures. OBJECTIVE: To assess the ability of Medicare claims to identify US hospitals with high SSI rates after vascular surgery. RESEARCH DESIGN: Using claims from fee-for-service Medicare enrollees of age 65 years and older who underwent vascular surgery from 2005 to 2008, we derived hospital ra…
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Medicare Claims Can Be Used to Identify US Hospitals With Higher Rates of Surgical Site Infection Following Vascular Surgery
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSIs) following vascular surgery have high morbidity and costs, and are increasingly tracked as hospital quality measures. OBJECTIVE: To assess the ability of Medicare claims to identify US hospitals with high SSI rates after vascular surgery. RESEARCH DESIGN: Using claims from fee-for-service Medicare enrollees of age 65 years and older who underwent vascular surgery from 2005 to 2008, we derived hospital ra…
Surgical Site Infections
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infection (SSI) rates are publicly reported as quality metrics and increasingly used to determine financial reimbursement. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the volume-outcome relationship as well as the year-to-year stability of performance rankings following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and hip arthroplasty. RESEARCH DESIGN: We performed a retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries who underwent CABG surg…
Medicine (2 works) · Orthopedic Infections and Treatments (2 works) · Surgery (2 works) · Surgery (2 works) · Surgical site infection prevention (2 works) · Arthroplasty (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Cardiac surgery (1 works) · Confidence interval (1 works) · Emergency Medicine (1 works)