Trends in the quality and cost of inpatient surgical procedures in the United States, 2002–2015

• Ning Ning,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Open Health, Newton, MA, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

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• Alex Haynes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America

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• John Romley

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: romley@healthpolicy.usc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Public Policy, USC Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0596-5867

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