Quality Report Cards, Selection of Cardiac Surgeons, and Racial Disparities

A Study of the Publication of the New York State Cardiac Surgery Reports

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13775717
AutoresDana B Mukamel (0000-0003-4147-5785, University of California, Irvine, autor correspondente), David L Weimer (0000-0001-9237-623X, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Jack Zwanziger, Shih-Fang Huang Gorthy, Alvin I Mushlin (0000-0002-9298-9084, Cornell University)
Ano2004
Volume41
Fascículo4
Páginas435-446
Data de publicação2004-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoINQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5034/inquiryjrnl_41.4.435
PMID15835601
OpenAlexW2104797310
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas17

Quality report cards have become common in many health care markets. This study evaluates their effectiveness by examining the impact of the New York State (NYS) Cardiac Surgery Reports on selection of cardiac surgeons. The analyses compares selection of surgeons in 1991 (pre-report publication) and 1992 (post-report publication). We find that the information about a surgeon's quality published in the reports influences selection directly and diminishes the importance of surgeon experience and price as signals for quality. Furthermore, selection of surgeons for black patients is as sensitive to the published information as is the selection for white patients

Cardiac surgery · Quality (philosophy · Selection (genetic algorithm · Computer Science · Healthcare Policy and Management · Hospital Admissions and Outcomes · Medicine · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Surgery