Chun Chieh Lin1, Matthew P Smeltzer2, Ahmedin Jemal1, Raymond U Osarogiagbon3. 1. Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia. 2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Memphis School of Public Health, Memphis, Tennessee. 3. Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program, Baptist Cancer Center, Memphis, Tennessee. Electronic address: rosarogi@bmhcc.org.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Incomplete lung cancer resection connotes poor prognosis; the incidence varies with patient demographic, clinical, and institutional factors. We sought to develop a valid, survival impactful, facility-based surgical quality metric that adjusts for related patient demographic and clinical characteristics. METHODS: Facilities performing resections for patients diagnosed with stage I to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer in the National Cancer Data Base between 2004 and 2011 were identified. Multivariate logistic regression modeling was used to estimate the expected number of margin-positive cases by adjusting for patient risk mix and calculate the observed-to-expected ratio for each facility. Facilities were categorized as outperformers (observed-to-expected ratio less than 1, p < 0.05), nonoutliers (p > 0.05), and underperformers (observed-to-expected ratio greater than 1, p < 0.05); and their characteristics across performance categories were compared by χ2 tests. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard analyses were conducted, adjusting for patient demographic and clinical characteristics. RESULTS: A total of 96,324 patients underwent surgery at 809 facilities. The overall observed margin-positive rate was 4.4%. Sixty-one facilities (8%) were outperformers, 644 (80%) were nonoutliers, and 104 (13%) were underperformers. One third (36%) of National Cancer Institute-designated facilities, 13% of academic comprehensive cancer programs, 5% of comprehensive community cancer programs, and 13% of "other" facilities achieved outperforming status but no community cancer programs did. Interestingly, 9% of National Cancer Institute-designated facilities and 11% of academic comprehensive cancer program facilities were underperformers. Adjusting for patient demographic and clinical characteristics, outperformers had a 5-year all-cause hazard ratio of 0.88 (95% confidence interval: 0.85 to 0.91, p < 0.0001) compared with nonoutliers, and 0.80 (95% confidence interval: 0.77 to 0.84, p < 0.0001) compared with underperformers. CONCLUSIONS: Facility performance in lung cancer surgery can be captured by the risk-adjusted margin-positivity rate, potentially providing a valid quality improvement metric.
BACKGROUND: Incomplete lung cancer resection connotes poor prognosis; the incidence varies with patient demographic, clinical, and institutional factors. We sought to develop a valid, survival impactful, facility-based surgical quality metric that adjusts for related patient demographic and clinical characteristics. METHODS: Facilities performing resections for patients diagnosed with stage I to IIIA non-small cell lung cancer in the National Cancer Data Base between 2004 and 2011 were identified. Multivariate logistic regression modeling was used to estimate the expected number of margin-positive cases by adjusting for patient risk mix and calculate the observed-to-expected ratio for each facility. Facilities were categorized as outperformers (observed-to-expected ratio less than 1, p < 0.05), nonoutliers (p > 0.05), and underperformers (observed-to-expected ratio greater than 1, p < 0.05); and their characteristics across performance categories were compared by χ2 tests. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard analyses were conducted, adjusting for patient demographic and clinical characteristics. RESULTS: A total of 96,324 patients underwent surgery at 809 facilities. The overall observed margin-positive rate was 4.4%. Sixty-one facilities (8%) were outperformers, 644 (80%) were nonoutliers, and 104 (13%) were underperformers. One third (36%) of National Cancer Institute-designated facilities, 13% of academic comprehensive cancer programs, 5% of comprehensive community cancer programs, and 13% of "other" facilities achieved outperforming status but no community cancer programs did. Interestingly, 9% of National Cancer Institute-designated facilities and 11% of academic comprehensive cancer program facilities were underperformers. Adjusting for patient demographic and clinical characteristics, outperformers had a 5-year all-cause hazard ratio of 0.88 (95% confidence interval: 0.85 to 0.91, p < 0.0001) compared with nonoutliers, and 0.80 (95% confidence interval: 0.77 to 0.84, p < 0.0001) compared with underperformers. CONCLUSIONS: Facility performance in lung cancer surgery can be captured by the risk-adjusted margin-positivity rate, potentially providing a valid quality improvement metric.
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