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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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101 to 106 of 106 Research Studies DisplayedDas A, Norton EC, Miller DC
Adding a spending metric to Medicare's value-based purchasing program rewarded low-quality hospitals.
In fiscal year 2015 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded its Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program by rewarding or penalizing hospitals for their performance on both spending and quality. Using data from 2,679 US hospitals that participated in the program in fiscal years 2014 and 2015, researchers found that the new emphasis on spending rewarded not only low-spending hospitals but some low-quality hospitals as well.
AHRQ-funded; HS020671.
Citation: Das A, Norton EC, Miller DC .
Adding a spending metric to Medicare's value-based purchasing program rewarded low-quality hospitals.
Health Aff 2016 May;35(5):898-906. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1190.
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Keywords: Medicare, Provider Performance, Payment, Hospitals, Healthcare Costs, Quality of Care
Kondo KK, Damberg CL, Mendelson A
Implementation processes and pay for performance in healthcare: A systematic review.
The authors conducted a systematic review and key informant (KI) interviews to better understand the implementation factors that modify the effectiveness of pay for performance (P4P). They concluded that P4P programs should undergo regular evaluation and should target areas of poor performance, and also that measures and incentives should align with organizational priorities, and programs should allow for changes over time in response to data and provider input.
AHRQ-funded; HS022981.
Citation: Kondo KK, Damberg CL, Mendelson A .
Implementation processes and pay for performance in healthcare: A systematic review.
J Gen Intern Med 2016 Apr;31 Suppl 1:61-9. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3567-0.
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Keywords: Healthcare Delivery, Provider Performance, Payment, Quality of Care
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
Calaman S, Hepps JH, Bismilla Z
The creation of standard-setting videos to support faculty observations of learner performance and entrustment decisions.
The authors report their experience developing videos that represent five levels of performance for an entrustable professional activities (EPA) for patient handoffs. They describe a process that begins with mapping the EPA to the critical competencies needed to make an entrustment decision. Each competency is then defined by five milestones (behavioral descriptors of performance at five advancing levels).
AHRQ-funded; HS019456.
Citation: Calaman S, Hepps JH, Bismilla Z .
The creation of standard-setting videos to support faculty observations of learner performance and entrustment decisions.
Acad Med 2016 Feb;91(2):204-9. doi: 10.1097/acm.0000000000000853..
Keywords: Education: Continuing Medical Education, Provider Performance, Patient Safety, Quality of Care
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
Das A, Norton EC, Miller DC
Association of postdischarge spending and performance on new episode-based spending measure.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently added the Medicare Spending per Beneficiary (MSPB) metric to its Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) program. The researchers evaluated whether hospital performance was driven by spending before, during, or after hospitalization. They found that compared with low-cost hospitals, high-cost hospitals had significantly higher preadmission and index admission spending, but the largest differences were in postdischarge spending.
AHRQ-funded; HS020671.
Citation: Das A, Norton EC, Miller DC .
Association of postdischarge spending and performance on new episode-based spending measure.
JAMA Intern Med 2016 Jan;176(1):117-9. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.6261.
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Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Medicare, Hospitals, Provider Performance, Hospitalization, Payment, Hospital Discharge