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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedAhluwalia SC, Damberg CL, Haas A
How are medical groups identified as high-performing? The effect of different approaches to classification of performance.
The researchers examined how different classification approaches influence which providers are designated as "high-performers.” They found that classification of medical groups as high performing is sensitive to the domains of performance included, the classification approach, and the choice of threshold. They further suggest that the absence of a consistently applied approach to identifying high performers impedes efforts to reliably compare, select and reward high-performing providers.
AHRQ-funded; HS024067.
Citation: Ahluwalia SC, Damberg CL, Haas A .
How are medical groups identified as high-performing? The effect of different approaches to classification of performance.
BMC Health Serv Res 2019 Jul 18;19(1):500. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4293-9..
Keywords: Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS), Patient Experience, Provider Performance, Quality of Care, Quality Measures
Cefalu MS, Elliott MN, Setodji CM
Hospital quality indicators are not unidimensional: a reanalysis of Lieberthal and Comer.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the dimensionality of hospital quality indicators treated as unidimensional in a prior publication. The investigators found that there were four underlying dimensions of hospital quality: patient experience, mortality, and two clinical process dimensions. They concluded that hospital quality should be measured using a variety of indicators reflecting different dimensions of quality.
AHRQ-funded; HS016980; HS016978.
Citation: Cefalu MS, Elliott MN, Setodji CM .
Hospital quality indicators are not unidimensional: a reanalysis of Lieberthal and Comer.
Health Serv Res 2019 Apr;54(2):502-08. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13056..
Keywords: Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS), Hospitals, Patient Experience, Provider Performance, Quality of Care, Quality Indicators (QIs), Quality Measures