A higher hospital case mix index increases the odds of achieving a textbook outcome after hepatopancreatic surgery in the Medicare population

The objective of the current study was to assess the impact of case mix index at the hospital level on postoperative outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries who underwent hepatopancreatic surgery.Medicare beneficiaries who underwent hepatopancreatic surgery between 2013 and 2017 were identified and analyzed. The primary independent variable, Case Mix Index, is a freely available metric; the primary outcome was textbook outcome defined as the...