National Quality Forum Metrics for Thoracic Surgery
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Thoracic Surgery Clinics
Abstract
The National Quality Forum (NQF) is a multistakeholder, nonprofit, membership-based organization improving health care through preferential use of valid performance measures. NQF-endorsed measures are considered the gold standard for health care measurement in the United States. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is the steward of the only six NQF-endorsed general thoracic surgery measures. These measures include one structure measure (participation in a national general thoracic surgery database), two process measures (recording of clinical stage and recording performance status before lung and esophageal resections), and three outcome measures (risk-adjusted morbidity and mortality after lung and esophageal resections and risk-adjusted length of stay greater than 14 days after lobectomy).
First Page
245
Last Page
249
DOI
10.1016/j.thorsurg.2017.03.003
Publication Date
8-1-2017
Recommended Citation
Cipriano, Anthony and Burfeind, William R., "National Quality Forum Metrics for Thoracic Surgery" (2017). Department of Surgery @SLUHN Articles & Publications. 15.
https://crin.sluhn.org/ndos_ap/15
