Association of Enhanced Recovery Pathway Compliance With Patient Outcomes

Chelsea P Fischer; Leandra Knapp; Mark E Cohen; Clifford Y Ko; Elizabeth C Wick

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.2866

Association of Enhanced Recovery Pathway Compliance With Patient Outcomes

JAMA Surg. 2021 Oct 1;156(10):982-984. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.2866.

Authors

Chelsea P Fischer^{1

2}, Leandra Knapp², Mark E Cohen², Clifford Y Ko^{2

3}, Elizabeth C Wick^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.
² Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco.
⁵ Johns Hopkins Medicine, Armstrong Institute for Quality and Safety, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This study assesses the association of high enhanced recovery pathway compliance with patient outcomes in the setting of variation in hospital-level performance in a national enhanced recovery pathway collaborative.

MeSH terms

Aged
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery*
Female
Guideline Adherence*
Humans
Length of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / epidemiology*
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
Treatment Outcome