Deborah Schrag
黛博拉·施拉格
MD, MPH
Chief, Medicine Service; Professor of Medicine内科主任；医学教授
👥Biography 个人简介
Deborah Schrag is a foremost expert in cancer quality measurement and health services research. Her work has reshaped how hospitals and health systems are evaluated for colorectal cancer care, and she has led national efforts to define and measure value in oncology. She directs large federally funded quality improvement initiatives.
🧪Research Fields 研究领域
🎓Key Contributions 主要贡献
Cancer Quality Metrics Development
Led development and validation of quality metrics for colorectal cancer care used by NQF, CMS, and ASCO to benchmark hospital performance and drive quality improvement nationally.
Surgeon and Hospital Volume–Outcome Research
Produced seminal research demonstrating that high-volume surgeons and hospitals achieve significantly better colorectal cancer outcomes, informing referral patterns and credentialing policy.
Value-Based Oncology Care
Designed and evaluated alternative payment models for oncology that align reimbursement with quality metrics and patient outcomes rather than volume of services.
Representative Works 代表性著作
Surgeon Volume and Operative Mortality in the United States
New England Journal of Medicine (2003)
Demonstrated that procedure volume is strongly associated with operative mortality for cancer surgery, influencing hospital referral and credentialing policy nationwide.
Measuring and Improving the Quality of Cancer Care
Journal of Clinical Oncology (2018)
Comprehensive framework for defining, measuring, and improving quality metrics across cancer types for use in national quality programs.
Association of Health Insurance and Hospital Characteristics with Cancer Surgery Outcomes
JAMA Surgery (2021)
Showed insurance status and hospital characteristics independently influence surgical outcomes, highlighting systemic equity gaps in cancer quality.
🏆Awards & Recognition 奖项与荣誉
📄Data Sources 数据来源
Last updated: 2026-01-15 | All information from publicly available academic sources
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