title: Poor data quality, reporting delays render CA, NY hospital report cards 'nearly useless'.
abstract: Grading the graders: How useful is the data in hospital report cards? Not very, say providers in California and New York who recently rated their respective states' report cards on a number of criteria. Find out what role poor data quality played in the low ratings.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000592:standards*; D009518:New York; D011786:Quality Control; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020379:Risk Adjustment