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Question: Do ambulatory surgical centers deliver higher quality surgical health care compared to hospital-based facilities as measured by multidimensional quality outcome metrics?
Question type: Harm
Study design: Cross-sectional survey
Researchers from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital compared the quality of outpatient surgical care at an ambulatory surgical center (ASC) to that of a hospital-based facility (HBF) during the month of October 2008. The two facilities are part of the same institution with the same attending surgical staff. However, resident physicians were at the HBF, but not the ASC. The four most common procedures done at the ASC in October 2008 were myringotomy with insertion of pressure equalization tubes (PET), dental rehabilitation, adenotonsillectomy, and adenoidectomy …
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