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Individual hospital quality indicators are shown, along with the proportion of non-random hospital-level variation in laparoscopic gastric bypass complications explained by each.
| Hospital quality indicators (2008-09) | Proportion of hospital-level variation explained (2008-09) |
|---|---|
| Hospital volume | 11% |
| Prolonged length of stay | 65% |
| Readmission | 30% |
| Emergency department revisit rate | 35% |
| Reoperation | 45% |
| Complication rates with sleeve gastrectomy | 10% |
| Complication rates with gastric banding | 40% |
