2023
Changes in Patient Experiences of Hospital Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Elliott M, Beckett M, Cohea C, Lehrman W, Cleary P, Giordano L, Russ C, Goldstein E, Fleisher L. Changes in Patient Experiences of Hospital Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Health Forum 2023, 4: e232766. PMID: 37624612, PMCID: PMC10457712, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.2766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCohort studyPatient experienceCare experiencesTop quartile hospitalsAffected measuresAge 65 yearsSurgical service linesStaffing levelsCOVID-19 pandemicPatient experience scoresPatient care experiencesEffect sizePrimary outcomeHCAHPS measuresPrepandemic dataHospital careMAIN OUTCOMESummary scoresHCAHPS scoresUS hospitalsLarge effect sizesPrimary analysisHospitalDischarge informationSecondary analysis
2015
Accelerating Improvement and Narrowing Gaps: Trends in Patients' Experiences with Hospital Care Reflected in HCAHPS Public Reporting
Elliott MN, Cohea CW, Lehrman WG, Goldstein EH, Cleary PD, Giordano LA, Beckett MK, Zaslavsky AM. Accelerating Improvement and Narrowing Gaps: Trends in Patients' Experiences with Hospital Care Reflected in HCAHPS Public Reporting. Health Services Research 2015, 50: 1850-1867. PMID: 25854292, PMCID: PMC4693845, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital care experiencesAdult inpatientsHospital characteristicsPublic reportingLinear mixed-effects regression modelsMixed effects regression modelsPatient characteristicsHCAHPS measuresHospital careHospital typePatient experienceHCAHPS scoresHospitalMeaningful improvementsCare experiencesPatient mixLarge hospitalsU.S. hospitalsPercent decreaseInpatientsNational probability sampleGreater improvementProbability sampleNarrowing GapsRegression models