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Locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (LOESS) estimates of hospital-reported risk-adjusted rates of surgical site infections (SSI) following total hip replacement by compliance with the SCIP VTE-2 measure. The fitted lines indicate the mean; shaded areas indicate the 95% CI.