5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

Table I1. Hospital qualitative studies: columns 1-9 of 15 (pages I-1 to I-18) (continued)
Author,
Year
Mazor 2009
(b) 125
1. Study
Purpose
To evaluate
different
approaches to
publicly
reporting data
on healthcare
acquired
infections (HAIs)
and determine if
this would
influence
hospital choice.
2.
Geographic
Location
Worcester,
MA
3. Study
Design/
Type
Survey
(descriptive)
4. Sample/
Population
201 completed
surveys (25% of
all mailed or 34%
of all sent to a
deliverable
address) sent to
a random
sample of
residents
selected from a
list maintained
by local
government.
5. Procedure/
Additional
Description if
Needed 6. Outcomes
Eight versions of
a report were
assigned at
random and
mailed along with
a questionnaire.
Version varied in
terms of
consistency of
the indicators,
use of words vs.
graphs, and
whether
confidence
intervals were
provided or not.
The survey
asked for ratings
of
understandability,
importance in
choice of
hospital,
comprehension
of specific
information, and
demographic
information.
I-21
Understandability
Role of
Information in
Decision Making
7. Name of
Public
Report or
Subject
Matter
Different
versions of a
fictional
report on
Healthcare
Acquired
Infections
8. KQ1: 9. KQ2:
Results Results
Not Studied Not Studied