Relationship Between Hospital Performance on a Patient Satisfaction Survey and Surgical Quality
Author(s) -
Greg D. Sacks,
Elise H. Lawson,
Aaron J. Dawes,
Marcia M. Russell,
Melinda MaggardGibbons,
David S. Zingmond,
Clifford Y. Ko
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1108
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , medicaid , odds ratio , emergency medicine , odds , logistic regression , retrospective cohort study , observational study , patient satisfaction , value based purchasing , health care , confidence interval , surgery , economics , economic growth
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services include patient experience as a core component of its Value-Based Purchasing program, which ties financial incentives to hospital performance on a range of quality measures. However, it remains unclear whether patient satisfaction is an accurate marker of high-quality surgical care.
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