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An R-Based Landscape Validation of a Competing Risk Model

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Assessing the effect of estimation error on risk-adjusted CUSUM chart performance.

Mark A Jones¹, Stefan H Steiner

¹Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention, Queensland Health, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia. m.jones@sph.uq.edu.au

International Journal for Quality in Health Care : Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care

|December 23, 2011

Summary

Estimation error significantly impacts risk-adjusted control charts, particularly cumulative sum (CUSUM) charts, affecting performance based on event numbers and desired in-control average run lengths (ARLs). Uncertainty in adverse event rates is a key factor.

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Area of Science:

Healthcare quality improvement
Statistical process control
Patient safety analytics

Background:

Risk-adjusted control charts are vital for monitoring healthcare processes.
The impact of estimation error on these charts remains unstudied.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effect of estimation error on risk-adjusted binary cumulative sum (CUSUM) chart performance.
To assess this impact using real and simulated coronary artery bypass surgery mortality data.

Main Methods:

Employed actual and simulated patient data for coronary artery bypass surgery (30-day mortality).
Evaluated estimation error's effect by analyzing the variability of 'true' average run lengths (ARLs) through repeated data sampling.

Main Results:

Estimation error substantially affects risk-adjusted CUSUM chart performance, influencing true ARL variations.
Chart performance depends heavily on the number of events used for parameter derivation and the in-control ARL (ARL(0)).
Uncertainty in the overall adverse event rate is identified as the primary component of estimation error.

Conclusions:

Account for estimation error in control chart design by using bootstrap samples to set control limits for a desired ARL(0).
Consider continuously updating model parameters if limited Phase I data are available, even during prospective monitoring.