Teaching and Safety-Net Hospital Penalization in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP) evaluates acute care hospitals on the occurrence of patient safety events and health care-associated infections. Since its implementation, several studies have raised concerns about the overpenalization of teaching and safety-net hospitals, and although several changes in the program's methodology have been applied in the last few years, whether these changes reversed the overpenalization of teaching and safety-net hospitals is unknown.

Objective

To determine hospital characteristics associated with HACRP penalization and penalization reversal.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cross-sectional study assessed data from 3117 acute care hospitals participating in the HACRP. The HACRP

SUBMITTER: Serpa JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873765 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature