Public reporting of hospital quality shows inconsistent ranking results.
Emmert M, Taheri-Zadeh F, Kolb B, Sander U (2017)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Book Volume: 121
Pages Range: 17-26
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.11.004
Abstract
BACKGROUND\nEvidence from the US has demonstrated that hospital report cards might generate confusion for consumers who are searching for a hospital. So far, little is known regarding hospital ranking agreement on German report cards as well as underlying factors creating disagreement.\nOBJECTIVE\nThis study examined the consistency of hospital recommendations on German hospital report cards and discussed underlying reasons for differences.\nMETHODS\nWe compared hospital recommendations for three procedures on four German hospital report cards. The agreement between two report cards was determined by Cohen's-Kappa. Fleiss' kappa was applied to evaluate the overlap across all four report cards.\nRESULTS\n=0.111).\nCONCLUSIONS\nTo increase the benefit of public reporting, increasing the transparency about the concept of - medical - "quality" that is represented on each report card seems to be important. This would help patients and other consumers use the report cards that most represent one's individual preferences.
Authors with CRIS profile
Martin Emmert
Juniorprofessur für Versorgungsmanagement
Benjamin Kolb
Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Gesundheitsmanagement
Involved external institutions
Germany (DE)How to cite
APA:
Emmert, M., Taheri-Zadeh, F., Kolb, B., & Sander, U. (2017). Public reporting of hospital quality shows inconsistent ranking results. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 121(1), 17-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.11.004
MLA:
Emmert, Martin, et al. "Public reporting of hospital quality shows inconsistent ranking results." Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 121.1 (2017): 17-26.
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