Key result
Implementation of the VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program was associated with a 47% decrease in 30-day mortality and a 43% decrease in 30-day morbidity between 1991 and 2006.
Why the study?
The Veterans Health Administration initiated a nationwide program to collect surgical outcome data adjusted for patient risk factors to improve surgical quality and safety.
Does the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) reduce mortality and morbidity in surgical patients?
Observational
Yes
Does the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) reduce mortality and morbidity in surgical patients?
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The implementation of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) in the VA system was associated with substantial reductions in 30-day postoperative mortality and morbidity.
As the result of a congressional mandate, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) undertook an initiative called the National VA Surgical Risk study. The purpose of this study was to collect information on its surgical patients to determine outcome data, adjusted for patient risk factors. In 1994, the VA started its National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP). These efforts were one of the earliest well-done nationwide systems to study and improve outcomes in surgery adjusted for patient risk. Between 1991 and 2006, the VA hospitals observed a decrease of mortality of 47% and a decrease of morbidity of 43% of their patients in the first 30 days after an operation.
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Jay A. Harolds (2016) conducted an observational in Surgical patients. National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) was evaluated on 30-day mortality and morbidity (47% decrease in mortality, 43% decrease in morbidity). Implementation of the VA National Surgical Quality Improvement Program was associated with a 47% decrease in 30-day mortality and a 43% decrease in 30-day morbidity between 1991 and 2006.
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