5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

Author,
Year 10. KQ3:Results 11. KQ4: Results 12. KQ5: Results
Continuity of Care,
Follow-up,
Communication, Patient
Narratives;
Access to Care:
Distance, Waiting times
Physicians: Education,
Experience, Number of
procedures performed,
medical outcomes,
Average time spent with
patients, # of reported
medical errors;
Hospitals: Average
length of stay,
Physician:Patient and
Nurse:Patient ratios
Procedures conducted,
Diagnostic tests
available, Rehab
services, Research
interest, Availability of
beds
Regions: Comparison
with other institutions
w/in same region,
Physician:Patient ratio
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Dissemination:
Participants wanted
reports to be brief and
understandable. Some
thought a ranking would
be inappropriate. They
listed a number of
potentially effective ways
of releasing data: the
Internet, newspapers,
magazines, medical
journals, telephone
requests, e-mails,
television, radio, mail,
posters, government
13. KQ6: Results 14. Summary
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15. Funder of
Research/
Report