5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

Appendix E. Description of Public Reports From the Included Studies
This appendix includes descriptive information about public reports on health care quality that are the subject of two or more
included studies in this systematic review in order to avoid repeating these descriptions in the text and evidence tables. This is not an
exhaustive list of all available public reports.
Table E1. Descriptive information about public reports from the included studies
Name Producer Dates Description Source
(Start and
Nursing
Home
Compare
End) Format Content Distribution
CMS 11/2002 to Stars:
Report on quality measures for nursing Web site, no fee Nursing Home Compare
Present
homes:
Website:
Much Above Avg. • Quality measures (19) come from the
http://www.medicare.gov/N
*****
(Minimum Data Set) MDS Repository,
HCompare/Home.asp
Above Avg. ****
included measures have changed over
Average ***
time
Below Avg. ** • Separate measure for long-stay and
Much Below Avg. * post-acute care residents
• Five of the quality measures are riskadjusted
at the resident level to reduce
the heterogeneity in resident health
conditions
• Sortable results based on overall
quality, health inspections, nursing
home staffing, quality measures,
program participation, number of
certified beds, and type of ownership
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