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. 2023 Aug 23;158(11):1176–1183. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.3673

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.

a

Tetrachoric correlation.