Association between physician US News & World Report medical school ranking and patient outcomes and costs of care: observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether the US News & World Report (USNWR) ranking of the medical school a physician attended is associated with patient outcomes and healthcare spending.

Design

Observational study.

Setting

Medicare, 2011-15.

Participants

20% random sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 years or older (n=996 212), who were admitted as an emergency to hospital with a medical condition and treated by general internists.

Main outcome measures

Association between the USNWR ranking of the medical school a physician attended and the physician's patient outcomes (30 day mortality and 30 day readmission rates) and Medicare Part B spending, adjusted for patient and physician characteristics and hospital fixed effects (which effe

SUBMITTER: Tsugawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6156557 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature