5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

Table H3. Hospital quantitative studies: Columns 14-18 of 18 (pages H-40 to H-51) (continued)
15. Results: KQ5
(Impact of Public
Author,
Report
16. Results: KQ6 (Impact of
Year (QA) 14. Results KQ4: (Selection by Patients and Payers) Characteristics) Contextual Factors) 17. Summary/Conclusion
b. Low Quality Hospital Patient Growth %
region after the public release of
c. Difference in Mean Growth %^
quality data, but there was no
statistical significance with any
of the changes.
Region 1
a. -10.5
b. -16.5
c. +6.0
Region 2
a. 7.6
b. -8.9
c. +16.5
Region 3
a. +9.2
b. 0.0
c. +9.2
Region 4
a. -3.8
b. –
c. –
Region 5
a. -1.8
b. -3.1
c. +1.3
Region 6
a. –
b. -3.5
c. –
Region 7
a. 10.7
b. -5.2
c. +15.9
Region 8
a. -4.7
b. 1.1
c. -5.8
Region 9
a. -3.7
b. -6.9
c. +3.2
^positive numbers indicate high quality group had better
H-61
18. Funder of
Research/Report