| Discharge pathway | Outpatient surgery | Database type | Administrative |
| Same-day admission | Retrospective collection |
| Inpatient surgery | Prospective collection |
| Dedicated surgical outcomes registry |
| Postoperative surveillance for complications | Nursing availability and level of training | Risk adjustment methods | |
| Provider: patient ratio | Crude measures reported |
| Frequency of physician assessments | Risk-adjusted outcomes reported |
| Availability of diagnostic testing | Risk-stratified outcomes reported |
| Ability to rescue after complications | Availability of preoperative care | Definition of POMR | Intraoperative deaths |
| Availability of intravenous antibiotics | Deaths within 24 hours of surgery) |
| Availability of blood bank | Inpatient deaths |
| Availability of image-guided interventions | 30 day deaths |
| Availability of critical care beds | >30 day deaths |
| Availability of ventilators | Deaths attributable to surgery versus all-cause deaths |
| Availability of dialysis | Patients, procedures, or surgical admissions as denominator |
| Availability of cardiac interventions | |