Publicly reported data impacts administrative procedures, contracting decisions.
Publicly reported data can positively impact cost and quality of care--especially when hospitals use the data to improve their administrative procedures. After reading published data on the cost, mortality, and length of stay related to coronary artery bypass graft surgery at 44 Pennsylvania hospitals, 77% of hospital CEOs responding to a survey said they used the data to make institutional decisions.
D019985:Benchmarking; D003256:Community Participation; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality*; D003625:Data Collection; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010414:Pennsylvania; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data