Relationship between hospital financial performance and publicly reported outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitals that have robust financial performance may have improved publicly reported outcomes.

Objectives

To assess the relationship between hospital financial performance and publicly reported outcomes of care, and to assess whether improved outcome metrics affect subsequent hospital financial performance.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting and patients

Hospital financial data from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development in California in 2008 and 2012 were linked to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare website.

Measurements

Hospital financial performance was measured by net revenue by operations, operating margin, and total margin. Outcomes were 30-day risk-standardized mortality an

SUBMITTER: Nguyen OK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5362822 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature