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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedEncinosa W, Hsiao CJ, Firminger K
AHRQ Author: Encinosa W, Hsiao CJ
What performance measures do consumers find useful when selecting marketplace health plans?
This study explored consumers’ ability to use measures from eValue8, the leading tool that large employers use to compare and select health plans. It found that consumers have different views of health plan measures compared with employers. For example, consumers care most about measures indicating how well plans support long-term patient–physician relationships—many plan measures were seen to be intrusive in this relationship.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Encinosa W, Hsiao CJ, Firminger K .
What performance measures do consumers find useful when selecting marketplace health plans?
Am J Accountable Care 2016 Jun;4(2):10-16.
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Keywords: Health Insurance, Provider Performance, Quality Measures
McConnell KJ, Lindrooth RC, Wholey DR
Modern management practices and hospital admissions.
The researchers investigated whether the modern management practices and publicly reported performance measures are associated with choice of hospital for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). They found that, overall, a one standard deviation change in management practice scores is associated with an 8% increase in AMI admissions.
AHRQ-funded; HS018466.
Citation: McConnell KJ, Lindrooth RC, Wholey DR .
Modern management practices and hospital admissions.
Health Econ 2016 Apr;25(4):470-85. doi: 10.1002/hec.3171.
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Keywords: Hospitals, Heart Disease and Health, Cardiovascular Conditions, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality Measures, Quality of Care, Public Reporting, Provider Performance
Walkey AJ, Weinberg J, Wiener RS
Association of do-not-resuscitate orders and hospital mortality rate among patients with pneumonia.
The researchers evaluated the effect of analytic approaches accounting for do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status on risk-adjusted hospital mortality rates and performance rankings. They found that after accounting for patient DNR status and between-hospital variation in the association between DNR status and mortality, hospitals with higher DNR rates had lower mortality.
AHRQ-funded; HS020672.
Citation: Walkey AJ, Weinberg J, Wiener RS .
Association of do-not-resuscitate orders and hospital mortality rate among patients with pneumonia.
JAMA Intern Med 2016 Jan;176(1):97-104. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6324.
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Keywords: Hospitals, Mortality, Quality of Care, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality Measures, Pneumonia, Provider Performance, Respiratory Conditions