title: Study reveals benchmarking flaws of many report cards, quality rankings.
abstract: Transferred patients have 38% longer ICU stays and 41% longer hospital stays. Many databases used for report cards are administrative, not clinical. Active awards are seen as more valid than passive ones.
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000592:standards*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States