Differences in trends of perceived inpatient care quality based on regional socioeconomic level in the United States and Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine perceived inpatient care quality according to regional socioeconomic status (SES), measured by regional household income, across the United States and Taiwan.

Data sources

Patient Experience in Hospital Care (PEHC) survey 2018-2019 data from National Taiwan University; US Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) 2018-2019 data from CMS.gov; and household income and facility data from publicly accessible databases.

Study design

This retrospective study used multivariate logistic regression to estimate the effect of household income on the rate of positive inpatient experiences in Taiwan and the United States, adjusting for hospitals' teaching status and ownership, and physician density.

Data collection

Hospit

SUBMITTER: Yoon GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579198 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature