This project builds on prior work examining rural residents' bypass behavior of their local CAH to hospitals outside their community. Using recently identified inpatient surgical procedures that are commonly performed in CAHs, we will examine and compare outcomes (e.g. post-surgical complication rates, adverse events) of these procedures between CAHs and non-CAHs.

Publications

• Surgical Patient Safety Outcomes in Critical Access Hospitals: How Do They Compare?
  Journal Article
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Date: 02/2016
  Examines how Critical Access Hospitals perform compared to Prospective Payment System hospitals on measures of quality.
• Surgical Services in Critical Access Hospitals, 2011
  Policy Brief
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Date: 02/2015
  This brief describes the types and volume of major surgical services provided in critical access hospitals across four regionally representative states in 2011.