Essays on Public Outcomes Reporting and Technology Adoption in Health Care
Contributors: Cutler, David; Huckman, Robert; Doyle, Joseph
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Description: This dissertation consists of three essays on hospital-based healthcare delivery. The first essay examines the effect of public reporting of hospital-level surgical mortality rates on patient outcomes in the context of California's coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) report cards and the Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) population from 2004-2007. Compared to control states, I find that observed mortality rates in California improved by 12-19\% after the introduction of report cards with the effect relating to quality improvement in all areas of patient care, including initial care of acute patients, surgery characteristics, and postoperative care.
Notes: Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2012