Differential safety between top-ranked cancer hospitals and their affiliates for complex cancer surgery. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Differential safety between top-ranked cancer hospitals and their affiliates for complex cancer surgery. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Study
 
• Published April 2019

Differential safety between top-ranked cancer hospitals and their affiliates for complex cancer surgery.

Hoag JR, Resio BJ, Monsalve AF, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2:e191912.

This cross-sectional study examined outcomes for Medicare patients undergoing complex cancer surgery at U.S. News and World Report top-ranked cancer hospitals and their affiliates. Investigators found that surgery performed at affiliated hospitals was associated with higher 90-day mortality and that the top-ranked hospital was safer than its affiliates in 84% of the networks in the study. The authors suggest that while affiliated hospitals may share branding with top-ranked cancer facilities, further study of such networks is necessary to inform care for cancer patients.

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