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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2015 Jan;53(1):87–94. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000277

Table 5.

Relative risks of adverse outcomes and change in total payment by procedure type, at hospitals participating in Keystone Surgery, vs non-participating controls (CI: confidence interval)

Procedure: Relative Risk of Adverse Outcome (95% CI) Change in Total payment (95% CI)
Mortality Complications Serious complications Reoperations Readmissions
Esophagectomy 1.02 (0.65, 1.4) 1.15 (0.98, 1.31) 1.07 (0.45, 1.69) 0.7 (0.2, 2.48) 0.81 (0.41, 1.21) $203 ($-5,933, $6,338)
Pancreatic resection 1.24 (0.84, 1.65) 0.83 (0.54, 1.13) 0.78 (0.29, 1.28) 0.61 (0.12, 3.04) 1.09 (0.88, 1.3) $-1447 ($-4,237, $1,344)
Colon resection 1 (0.9, 1.1) 1.04 (0.99, 1.09) 1.05 (0.97, 1.12) 1.1 (0.81, 1.49) 0.96 (0.89, 1.02) 557 ($-68, $1,182)
Gastrectomy 1.13 (0.9, 1.1) 1.09 (0.98, 1.2) 1.11 (0.83, 1.38) 0.58 (0.22, 1.51) 0.88 (0.64, 1.11) $212 ($-1,926, $2,350)
Liver resection 0.81 (0.07, 1.56) 1.03 (0.6, 1.46) 1.15 (0.77, 1.53) 0.73 (0.04, 12.47) 1.11 (0.87, 1.35) $1333 ($-1,797, $4,463)
Incisional hernia repair 1.08 (0.92, 1.24) 1.07 (1.00, 1.15) 1.12 (1.02, 1.21) 1 (0.59, 1.7) 1.03 (0.94, 1.12) $599 ($23, $1,175)
Cholecystectomy 0.91 (0.74, 1.07) 0.98 (0.93, 1.02) 1 (0.93, 1.08) 0.57 (0.33, 0.98) 1.03 (0.98, 1.09) $346 ($-29, $720)
Appendectomy 1.31 (1.09, 1.53) 0.98 (0.89, 1.08) 1.02 (0.89, 1.14) 0.89 (0.4, 1.98) 0.97 (0.8, 1.14) $916 ($162, $1,669)
Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair 1.26 (1.00, 1.52) 1.02 (0.89, 1.15) 0.97 (0.77, 1.16) 1.19 (0.48, 2.97) 0.99 (0.84, 1.13) $347 ($-437, $1,130)
Lower extremity bypass 1.03 (0.80, 1.26) 1.06 (0.96, 1.16) 1.16 (1.02, 1.31) 0.91 (0.31, 2.67) 1.02 (0.93, 1.11) $689 ($153, $1,225)
Carotid endarterectomy 1.03 (0.74, 1.32) 1.07 (0.92, 1.21) 1.1 (0.96, 1.25) * 1.09 (0.98, 1.20) $177 ($-59, $412)
*

Insufficient sample size to run regression model for this outcome measure