5. Public Reporting as a Quality Improvement Strategy

Author
Year
QA
Pham
2002 73
Good
11. Results: KQ1:
(Health Care
Outcomes)
12. Results:
KQ2 (Harms)
None Kaplan Meier:
Clinical HEDIS
Measures:
Annual rate of
withdrawal for
high quality
was 4% vs
20% for low
quality. (IRR:
0.21; 95%CI
0.13-0.32).
Ambulatory
HEDIS
Measures:
10% for high
quality vs 16%
for low quality
(IRR: 0.63,
95%CI 0.48-
0.82)
Cox
Regression
13. Results:
KQ3 (Provider
Outcomes-QI
and other
behaviors)
14. Results KQ4:
(Selection by Patients
and Payers)
Group 51.9% Treatment
Group 47.6%
Extremely Confident:
Control Group 16.2%
Treatment Group 25.5%
2. New Beneficiaries
Not at all confident:
Control Group 9.5%
Treatment Group 7.1%
Somewhat confidence:
Control Group 40.8%
Treatment Group 35.5%
Very Confident: Control
Group 32.3% Treatment
Group 38.1%
Extremely Confident:
Control Group 17.4%
Treatment Group 19.4%
L-34
15. Results:
KQ5 (Impact of
Public Report
Characteristics)
16. Results:
KQ6 (Impact of
Contextual
Factors
17. Summary/
Conclusion
None
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