Relationship Between Medicare's Hospital Compare Performance Measures and Mortality Rates
Rachel M. Werner, Eric T. Bradlow
JAMA - December 13, 2006
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/296/22/2694
The authors conducted a study of 3657 acute care hospitals to assess their performance with measures for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare. In evaluating the correlation between performance measures and clinical outcomes, the study concludes, "Hospital performance measures predict small differences in hospital risk-adjusted mortality rates. Efforts should be made to develop performance measures that are tightly linked to patient outcomes."
Rachel M. Werner, Eric T. Bradlow
JAMA - December 13, 2006
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/296/22/2694
The authors conducted a study of 3657 acute care hospitals to assess their performance with measures for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare. In evaluating the correlation between performance measures and clinical outcomes, the study concludes, "Hospital performance measures predict small differences in hospital risk-adjusted mortality rates. Efforts should be made to develop performance measures that are tightly linked to patient outcomes."
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