Ep 149: Quality of Care Studies in Anesthesia – Fact vs Myth

For the past 50+ years, numerous quality of care studies have been published that evaluated outcomes based on the anesthesia provider. These studies have produced great data but some of the research methods and findings were flawed. That’s been used by the ASA and AANA to promote agendas. We’ve invited Nancy Bruton-Maree, CRNA, and Sandy Ouellette, CRNA, back on the show to tell us about the different studies through the years and sort out the difference between fact and fiction.

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AANA Document: Quality of Care in Anesthesia

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What we discuss on this episode:

4:27 – An overview of the studies and findings

6:58 – Studies from the 1970s and 80s

10:58 – Bechtodt study

14:48 – When Sandy was president elect  

17:30 – The Silber Study

24:00 – Flawed results

26:45 – Analysis by Dr. Michael Pine

31:48 – Abenstein and Warmer article in 1996

32:27 – Vila Study in Archives of Study

33:17 – Dulisse & Cromwell study

38:15 – Needleman study in 2008

39:41 – Simonson study in 2007

41:15 – What do we know now in 2021?

43:05 – How to learn more

48:04 – We need to keep producing data

53:21 – The future is quality, cost and access