Accounting for past patient composition in evaluations of quality reporting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether accounting for past patient composition in evaluations of the association between public quality reports and patient selectivity changes findings and conclusions.

Data sources

Secondary data analysis of public reports of Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic success rates between 2011 and 2018.

Study design

Two sets of fixed effects models, (1) a standard fixed-effects model (FE) and (2) a dynamic panel model using structural equation modeling estimated with maximum-likelihood (ML-SEM) with one- and two-year lagged patient characteristics, are compared. The outcome variables are patient composition features associated with success rates, including two age categories and eight diagnoses of infertility. Two-year lagged success rates fo

SUBMITTER: Tierney KI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9108082 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature