Hospital Compare and Hospital Choice: Public Reporting and Hospital Choice by Hip Replacement Patients in Texas.
Med Care Res Rev
; 76(2): 184-207, 2019 04.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29148337
ABSTRACT
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicizes comparative performance data on Hospital Compare, a website maintained to support consumer decision making. Given the agency's goal, this study investigates the relationship between public reporting and hospital choices of hip replacement patients in Texas. Estimating individual-level valuations of provider characteristics allowing for heterogeneity across patients, we find consumer selections and hospitals' displayed performance vary together in time. Comparing associations involving public reporting with those associated with more readily observable hospital attributes, we conclude relationships coinciding with release of comparative performance data are modest, but not inconsequential. Our use of an empirical strategy novel for evaluation of public reporting has methodological implications, while the study's affirmative result is of potential interest to policy makers and administrators.
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Texto completo:
1
Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Conducta de Elección
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Notificación Obligatoria
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Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Cadera
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Toma de Decisiones
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Hospitales
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Care Res Rev
Asunto de la revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos