Interpretability, credibility, and usability of hospital-specific template matching versus regression-based hospital performance assessments; a multiple methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital-specific template matching (HS-TM) is a newer method of hospital performance assessment.

Objective

To assess the interpretability, credibility, and usability of HS-TM-based vs. regression-based performance assessments.

Research design

We surveyed hospital leaders (January-May 2021) and completed follow-up semi-structured interviews. Surveys included four hypothetical performance assessment vignettes, with method (HS-TM, regression) and hospital mortality randomized.

Subjects

Nationwide Veterans Affairs Chiefs of Staff, Medicine, and Hospital Medicine.

Measures

Correct interpretation; self-rated confidence in interpretation; and self-rated trust in assessment (via survey). Concerns about credibility and main uses (via thematic analysis

SUBMITTER: McGrath BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9166576 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature