Table 1. CUSUM Performance (Stratified by the Number of Signals in a Quarter) Relative to Observed to Expected Ratio for Detecting Outlier Hospitals.
CUSUM signals, No. | Sensitivity (95% CI), % | Specificity (95% CI), % | Positive predictive value (95% CI), % | Negative predictive value (95% CI), % | AUC | Correlationa |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 29.9 (24.6-35.7) | 80.3 (78.6-82.0) | 15.8 (12.8-19.2) | 90.3 (88.9-91.6) | 0.55 | 0.17 |
2 | 19.7 (15.2-24.9) | 94.1 (93.0-95.0) | 29.2 (22.8-36.3) | 90.5 (89.2-91.6) | 0.56 | 0.38 |
3 | 14.6 (10.6-19.3) | 97.8 (97.1-98.4) | 45.5 (34.8-56.4) | 90.3 (89.0-91.4) | 0.56 | 0.51 |
≥4 | 8.4 (5.4-12.3) | 99.3 (98.9-99.6) | 60.5 (43.4-76.0) | 89.8 (88.5-91.0) | 0.54 | 0.58 |
Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; CUSUM, cumulative sum.
Tetrachoric correlation.