Reproducibility of Hospital Rankings Based on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare Measures as a Function of Measure Reliability.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Unreliable performance measures can mask poor-quality care and distort financial incentives in value-based purchasing.

Objective

To examine the association between test-retest reliability and the reproducibility of hospital rankings.

Design, setting, and participants

In a cross-sectional design, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare data were analyzed for the 2017 (based on 2014-2017 data) and 2018 (based on 2015-2018 data) reporting periods. The study was conducted from December 13, 2020, to September 30, 2021. This analysis was based on 28 measures, including mortality (acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and coronary artery bypass grafting), readmissions (acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart fail

SUBMITTER: Glance LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8652605 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature