Improving Quality Improvement: A Methodologic Framework for Evaluating Effectiveness of Surgical Quality Improvement

Received 30 October 2008; received in revised form 7 January 2009; accepted 14 January 2009.

Abbreviations and Acronyms: ACS-NSQIP, American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, QI, quality improvement, RCT, randomized controlled trial

No abstract is available. To read the body of this article, please view the Full Text online.

a Department of Surgery and Pediatric Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

b Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

c Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Correspondence address: Lillian S Kao, MD, MS, FACS, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 5656 Kelley St, Suite 30S 62008, Houston, TX 77026

Disclosure Information: Nothing to disclose.

Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Physician Faculty Scholars Program.

PII: S1072-7515(09)00041-6

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.021

21 of 34