Failure to Rescue - a Closer Look at Mortality Rates Has No Added Value for Hospital Comparisons but Is Useful for Team Quality Assessment in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery in The Netherlands

Lijftogt, N.; Karthaus, E.G.; Vahl, A.; Zwet, E.W. van; Willik, E.M. van der; Tollenaar, R.A.E.M.; ... ; Dutch Inst Clinical Auditing (2018)

Article / Letter to editor

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Surgical outcome
• Clinical audit
• Composite outcome measures
• Failure to rescue

• All authors: Lijftogt, N.; Karthaus, E.G.; Vahl, A.; Zwet, E.W. van; Willik, E.M. van der; Tollenaar, R.A.E.M.; Hamming, J.F.; Wouters, M.W.J.M.; Dutch Soc Vasc Surg; Steering Comm Dutch Surg Aneurysm; Dutch Inst Clinical Auditing
• Date: 2018-11-30
• Journal: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 652 - 661
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.06.062