Evaluating national trends in outcomes after implementation of a star rating system: Results from dialysis facility compare.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine which factors are driving improvement in the Dialysis Facility Compare (DFC) star ratings and to test whether nonclinical facility characteristics are associated with observed longitudinal changes in the star ratings.

Data sources

Data were collected from eligible patients in over 6,000 Medicare-certified dialysis facilities from three annual star rating and individual measure updates, publicly released on DFC in October 2015, October 2016, and April 2018.

Study design

Changes in the star rating and individual quality measures were investigated across three public data releases. Year-to-year changes in the star ratings were linked to facility characteristics, adjusting for baseline differences in quality measure performance.

Data collection

SUBMITTER: Salerno S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7839641 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature