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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedNguyen OK, Halm EA, Makam AN
Relationship between hospital financial performance and publicly reported outcomes.
This study assessed the relationship between hospital financial performance and publicly reported outcomes of care, and whether improved outcome metrics affect subsequent hospital financial performance. It found that, among 279 hospitals, there was no consistent relationship between measures of financial performance in 2008 and publicly reported outcomes from 2008 to 2011 for acute myocardial infarction and pneumonia.
AHRQ-funded; HS022418.
Citation: Nguyen OK, Halm EA, Makam AN .
Relationship between hospital financial performance and publicly reported outcomes.
J Hosp Med 2016 Jul;11(7):481-8. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2570.
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Keywords: Public Reporting, Hospitals, Outcomes
Dahlke AR, Chung JW, Holl JL
Evaluation of initial participation in public reporting of American College of Surgeons NSQIP surgical outcomes on Medicare's Hospital Compare website.
The objective of this paper was to compare CMS-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (CMS-NSQIP) participating hospitals with American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) hospitals that elected not to participate in Hospital Compare. The researchers found few measurable differences between CMS-NSQIP participating and nonparticipating hospitals.
AHRQ-funded; HS021857.
Citation: Dahlke AR, Chung JW, Holl JL .
Evaluation of initial participation in public reporting of American College of Surgeons NSQIP surgical outcomes on Medicare's Hospital Compare website.
J Am Coll Surg 2014 Mar;218(3):374-80, 80.e1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.11.022.
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Keywords: Hospitals, Outcomes, Public Reporting, Quality Improvement, Surgery