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
1991
Factors affecting the availability and use of hemodialysis facilities.
Cleary P, Schlesinger M, Blumenthal D. Factors affecting the availability and use of hemodialysis facilities. Medicare & Medicaid Research Review 1991, 13: 49-55. PMID: 10122361, PMCID: PMC4193220.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1989
The Ownership of Health Facilities and Clinical Decisionmaking
Schlesinger M, Cleary P, Blumenthal D. The Ownership of Health Facilities and Clinical Decisionmaking. Medical Care 1989, 27: 244-258. PMID: 2648087, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198903000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-stage renal diseaseCharacteristics of patientsHealth Care Financing AdministrationLocal health care systemHealth care facilitiesHealth care systemSignificant independent effectKidney transplantRenal failureRenal diseasePeritoneal dialysisHealth facilitiesCare facilitiesHome dialysisPatientsClinical decisionmakingCare systemIndependent effectsFacility ownershipMedical decisionmakingDialysisProfit facilitiesTreatmentFurther researchTransplant