A PubMed search of “NSQIP” yields in excess of 1,500 publications through March 31, 2017, with 400 new publications appearing annually.
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Among the more than 1,500 papers with “NSQIP” appearing, there are reports conducted on data spanning the hospital to national spectrum, describing quality successes using ACS NSQIP data, as well as failures to identify unique benefits. This literature requires careful and detailed analysis with respect to research design, analytic strategies, and conclusions drawn.
Selected Bibliography
The following papers are some of those that are: (1) most important in understanding the history of NSQIP - from its inception in the VA system through contemporary analytic methods; or (2) provide the most technically comprehensive evaluations of the impact NSQIP on improving surgical outcomes. Papers critical of ACS NSQIP have been included.
2008
Khuri SF, Henderson WG, Daley J, Jonasson O, Jones RS, Campbell DA Jr, Mentzer RM Jr, Neumayer L, Hammermeister K, Mosca C, Healey N. Successful implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in the private sector: The Patient Safety in Surgery study. Annals of Surgery, 2008; 248:329-336.
2009
Hall BL, Hamilton BH, Richards K., Bilimoria KY, Cohen ME, Ko CY. Does surgical quality improve in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: An evaluation of all participating hospitals. Annals of Surgery, 2009; 250:363-376.
2010
Ingraham A M, Richards KE, Hall BL, Ko CY. Quality improvement in surgery: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program approach. Advances in of Surgery, 2010; 44:251-267.
2012
Lawson EH, Louie R, Zingmond DS, Brook RH, Hall BL, Han L, Ko CY. A comparison of clinical registry versus administrative claims data for reporting of 30-day surgical outcomes. Annals of Surgery, 2013; 256:973-981.
2013
Cohen ME, Ko CY, Bilimoria KY, Zhou L, Huffman K, Wang X, Liu Y, Kraemer K, Meng X, Merkow R, Chow W, Matel B, Richards K, Hart AJ, Dimick JB, Hall BL. Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: Patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2013; 217:336-346.
Bilimoria KY, Liu Y, Paruch JL, Zhou L, Kmiecik TE, Ko CY, Cohen ME. Development and evaluation of the universal ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator: A decision aide and informed consent tool for patients and surgeons. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2013; 217:833-842.
2014
Maggard-Gibbons M. The use of report cards and outcome measurements to improve the safety of surgical care: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. BMJ Quality and Safety, 2014, 23:589-599.
2015
Ko CY, Hall BL, Hart AJ, Cohen ME, Hoyt DB. The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: Achieving better and safer quality. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2015; 41:199-204.
Huffman KM, Cohen ME, Ko CY, Hall BL. A comprehensive evaluation of statistical reliability in ACS NSQIP profiling models. Annals of Surgery, 2015; 261:1108-1113
Hall BL, Huffman KM, Hamilton BH, Paruch JL, Zhou L. Richards KE, Cohen ME, Ko CY. Profiling individual surgeon performance using information from a high-quality clinical registry: Opportunities and limitations. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2015; 221:901-913.
Etzioni DA, Wasif N, Dueck AC,Cima, RR, Hohmann SF, Naessens JM, Mathur AK, Habermann EB. Association of hospital participation in a surgical outcomes monitoring program with inpatient complications and mortality. JAMA, 2015; 313:505-511.
Osborne NH, Nicholas LH, Ryan AM, Thumma JR, Dimick JB. Association of hospital participation in a quality reporting program with surgical outcomes and expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA, 2015; 313:496-504.
Berwick, DM. Measuring surgical outcomes for improvement: Was Codman wrong? JAMA, 2015; 313:469-470.
Woodall WH, Fogel SL, Steiner SH. The monitoring and improvement of surgical-outcome quality. Journal of Quality Technology, 2015; 42:383-399.
2016
Liu Y, Cohen ME, Hall BL, Ko CY, Bilimoria KY. Evaluation and enhancement of calibration in the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator. Journal of the American College of Surgeon, 2016;223:231-239..
Cohen ME, Liu Y, Huffman KM, Ko CY, Hall BL. On-demand reporting of risk-adjusted and smoothed rates for quality improvement in ACS NSQIP. Annals of Surgery, 2016;264:966-972.
Cohen, ME, Liu Y, Ko CY, Hall BL. Improved surgical outcomes for ACS NSQIP hospitals over time: Evaluation of hospital cohorts with up to 8 years of participation. Annals of Surgery, 2016; 263:267-273.
Montroy J, Breau RH, Cnossen S, Witiuk K, Binette A, Ferrier T, Lavallee LT, Fergusson DA, Schramm D. Change in adverse events after enrolment in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One, January 26, 2016.
Kraemer K, Cohen ME, Barnhart DC, Rangel SJ, Saito JM, Bilimoria KY, Ko CY, Hall BL. Development and evaluation or the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Pediatric Surgical Risk Calculator. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2016;223:685-693.
Harolds, JA. Quality and safety in health care, Part XVII: The ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 2016;12:933-935.
2017
Horner MA, Cohen ME, Hall BL, Ko CY. Using confidential clinical data registries for public reporting and pay for performance. Annals of Surgery. 2017; in press.
Cohen ME, Liu Y, Ko CY, Hall BL. An examination of ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator accuracy. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2017;224:143-148.
Cohen ME, Hall BL, Liu Y, Ko CY. Response to “Does Participation in the ACS-NSQIP Improve Outcomes.” Annals of Surgery. 2017;266:e33-e34.
Kuy S, Romero RAL. Decreasing 30-day surgical mortality in a VA medical center utilizing the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator. Journal of Surgical Research. 2017;215:28-33.