Quality improvement implementation and hospital performance on quality indicators.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between the scope of quality improvement (QI) implementation in hospitals and hospital performance on selected indicators of clinical quality.

Data sources

Secondary data from 1997 mailed survey of hospital QI practices, Medicare Inpatient Database, American Hospital Association's Annual Survey of Hospitals, the Bureau of Health Professions' Area Resource File, and two proprietary data sets compiled by Solucient Inc. containing data on managed care penetration and hospital financial performance.

Study design

Cross-sectional study of 1,784 community hospitals to assess relationship between QI implementation approach and six hospital-level quality indicators. DATA COLLECTION/ABSTRACTION METHODS: Two-stage instrumental variables estim

SUBMITTER: Weiner BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1702526 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature