Associations Between Hospital Characteristics, Measure Reporting, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings

JAMA. 2017 May 16;317(19):2015-2017. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.3148.

Abstract

This study uses CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating data to estimate associations between hospital characteristics, number and types of measures reported, and the CMS Hospital Quality Star Ratings.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / standards*
  • Critical Care
  • Diagnostic Imaging / standards
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Hospitals / classification*
  • Hospitals / standards*
  • Hospitals, Community / classification
  • Hospitals, Community / standards
  • Hospitals, Special / classification
  • Hospitals, Special / standards
  • Hospitals, Teaching / classification
  • Hospitals, Teaching / standards
  • Humans
  • Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care*
  • Patient Readmission
  • Patient Safety
  • Quality of Health Care / standards*
  • United States