2017
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Readmissions and Other Measures of Hospital Quality
Rinne ST, Castaneda J, Lindenauer PK, Cleary PD, Paz HL, Gomez JL. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Readmissions and Other Measures of Hospital Quality. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2017, 196: 47-55. PMID: 28145726, PMCID: PMC5519962, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201609-1944oc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOPD readmission ratesChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseReadmission ratesCOPD readmissionsMortality rateChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ReadmissionsHospital qualityObstructive pulmonary diseaseDisease-specific outcomesAcute myocardial infarctionPatient experience measuresHigh-quality careIndividual disease outcomesHospital Compare websiteHeart failureHospital readmissionPulmonary diseaseMyocardial infarctionSurgical conditionsDisease outcomePatient reportsReadmissionMedical conditionsCare experiencesMeasures of quality
2016
Advice to Quit Smoking and Ratings of Health Care among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65+
Winpenny E, Elliott MN, Haas A, Haviland AM, Orr N, Shadel WG, Ma S, Friedberg MW, Cleary PD. Advice to Quit Smoking and Ratings of Health Care among Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65+. Health Services Research 2016, 52: 207-219. PMID: 27061081, PMCID: PMC5264017, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCare experiencesPatient experience measuresPatient care experiencesMedicare Consumer AssessmentCessation advicePhysician advicePatient assessmentAged 65Physician communicationPhysician ratingsHealthcare providersSmokingFixed-effects linear regression modelsConsumer AssessmentCross-sectional survey dataSystem surveyHealth careExperience measuresSmokersPositive associationLinear regression modelsRegression modelsRepresentative sampleAdvicePhysicians
2014
Methodological Considerations When Studying the Association between Patient‐Reported Care Experiences and Mortality
Xu X, Buta E, Anhang Price R, Elliott MN, Hays RD, Cleary PD. Methodological Considerations When Studying the Association between Patient‐Reported Care Experiences and Mortality. Health Services Research 2014, 50: 1146-1161. PMID: 25483571, PMCID: PMC4545351, DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12264.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient care experiencesCare experiencesNational Death Index mortality dataMedical careCox proportional hazards modelNational Health Interview SurveyMedical Expenditure Panel Survey dataOverall care experienceProportional hazards modelHealth Interview SurveyPatient experience measuresCause mortalityClinic visitsHalf of respondentsAmenable deathsHazards modelRespondents ages 18MortalityAge 18Mortality dataDoctor's officeInterview SurveyExperience measuresDeathPatientsShould Health Care Providers be Accountable for Patients’ Care Experiences?
Anhang Price R, Elliott MN, Cleary PD, Zaslavsky AM, Hays RD. Should Health Care Providers be Accountable for Patients’ Care Experiences? Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2014, 30: 253-256. PMID: 25416601, PMCID: PMC4314483, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-3111-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care providersPatient experience measuresCare providersPatient experienceCare experiencesExperience measuresCare qualityHigh-quality clinical careBetter patient experienceHealth care qualityPatients' scoresClinical carePatient's desirePatientsResponse rateHealthcare providersConsumer AssessmentSystem surveyStandardized approachExperiences SurveyProvidersExamining the Role of Patient Experience Surveys in Measuring Health Care Quality
Price R, Elliott MN, Zaslavsky AM, Hays RD, Lehrman WG, Rybowski L, Edgman-Levitan S, Cleary PD. Examining the Role of Patient Experience Surveys in Measuring Health Care Quality. Medical Care Research And Review 2014, 71: 522-554. PMID: 25027409, PMCID: PMC4349195, DOI: 10.1177/1077558714541480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care qualityBetter patient care experiencesLess health care utilizationCare qualityBetter clinical outcomesHealth care utilizationPatient experience surveysPatient experience measuresPatient care experiencesBetter patient safetyClinical outcomesCare utilizationExperiences SurveyPatient experienceCare experiencesPatient safetyClinical processesExperience measuresPublic reportingStandard protocolSound instrumentPerformance programsSample sizeHigh levelsHospital