Public Reporting of Quality and Clinical Outcomes in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Public reporting of outcomes increases transparency. Research on the association between public reporting programs and quality of care and outcomes is needed.

Objective

To evaluate whether hospital voluntary participation in the Get With The Guidelines (GWTG)-Stroke public reporting program is associated with quality of care and clinical outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used GWTG-Stroke registry data from January 1 to December 31, 2021. Clinical characteristics associated with hospital participation in public reporting were identified, and differences in patient quality of care and outcomes were compared between hospitals that participated in public reporting of outcomes and those that did not. The primary data analysis was comp

SUBMITTER: Mullen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12797097 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature