Understanding Consumer Perceptions and Awareness of Hospital-Based Maternity Care Quality Measures.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore factors that may influence use of comparative public reports for hospital maternity care.

Data sources

Four focus groups conducted in 2013 with 41 women and preintervention survey data collected in 2014 to 2015 from 245 pregnant women in North Carolina.

Study design

As part of a larger randomized controlled trial, we conducted qualitative formative research to develop an intervention that will be evaluated through pre- and postintervention surveys.

Data extraction methods

Analysis of focus group transcripts examined participants' perceptions of high-quality maternity care and the importance of different quality measures. Quantitative analysis included descriptive results of the preintervention survey and subgroup analyses to examine the imp

SUBMITTER: Maurer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4874945 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature