5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

Author,
Year 10. KQ3:Results 11. KQ4: Results
Not very likely: Champus
- 12, General - 22
Unlikely: Champus - 14,
General - 16
Don’t know: Champus -
1, General - 5
12. KQ5: Results 13. KQ6: Results 14. Summary
Guru
2009 112
If the hospital that you
currently use is reported
to have a high mortality
rate, would you
discontinue using that
hospital
Yes: Champus - 55,
General - 55
No: Champus - 41,
General - 41
Don’t know: Champus -
4 General - 4
Not Studied Views of cardiac
surgeons in Ontario vs
Pennsylvania regarding
reporting of outcomes
for coronary
artery bypass graft
surgery:
Ontario vs.
Pennsylvania: %
Do you support the
public release of
hospital-specific
outcomes? (Yes): 51 vs.
NR
Do you support the
public release of
surgeon-specific
outcomes? (Yes): 26 vs.
NR
Do you find reporting of
risk-adjusted in-hospital
mortality rates useful in
monitoring quality of
Not Studied Not Studied In general, cardiac
surgeons in Ontario had
higher levels of support for
some aspects of public
reporting compared to
those from Pennsylvania.
They were also more
likely to believe that the
report influence referral
and patient choice
Author’s summary: We
found a generally higher
level of support for some
aspects of public reporting
than was reported
previously in
Pennsylvania.
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15. Funder of
Research/
Report
Cardiac Care
Network