Journal article
Comparing Providers' Performance: Problems in Making the "Report Card" Analogy Fit
Journal for healthcare quality, Vol.18(6), pp.4-10
11/12/1996
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-1474.1996.tb00863.x
PMID: 10162089
Abstract
This article examines the applicability of a "report card" strategy as a means of differentiating among providers on the basis of performance. The specific focus is on the potential effect of differences in data collection processes on the meaningfulness of subsequent comparisons among similar types of providers. Variations in reported nosocomial infection rates are analyzed in light of differences in reported surveillance practices; data for similar nursing units are analyzed as well. Thirty-one rural, rural referral, and urban acute care hospitals in the midwest participated in the study. The reported nosocomial infection rates for different types of nursing units and different hospital groups varied substantially. Likewise, there were marked variations in the nosocomial infection surveillance practices at the hospitals, which were found to explain some of the variation in the reported nosocomial infection rates for specific types of nursing units and nosocomial infections. The study conclude that differences in data collection processes may result in incorrect conclusions about differences in the quality of care provided by various providers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Comparing Providers' Performance: Problems in Making the "Report Card" Analogy Fit
- Creators
- Douglas S Wakefield - Associate Vice President for Clinical Affairs University of Iowa Iowa City, IAMichael S Hendryx - Associate Professor Department of Health Policy and Administration Washington State University Spokane, WaTanya Uden-Holman - Institute for Quality Healthcare University of Iowa Iowa City, IARebecca Couch - Institute for Quality Healthcare University of Iowa Iowa City, IACharles M Helms - Institute for Quality Healthcare University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal for healthcare quality, Vol.18(6), pp.4-10
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1945-1474.1996.tb00863.x
- PMID
- 10162089
- ISSN
- 1062-2551
- eISSN
- 1945-1474
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/12/1996
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Health Management and Policy; Nursing; Provost Office Administration; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984215143602771
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