CMS Hospital Quality Star Rating: For 762 Rural Hospitals, No Stars Is the Problem
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Description
Examines the characteristics of rural hospitals with and without quality star ratings, and explains how the current methodology disproportionately affects rural hospitals. Makes recommendations for improving the utility of the Hospital Quality Star Rating system, especially for the purpose of comparing quality among rural hospitals or between rural and urban hospitals.
Author(s)
Kristie W. Thompson, Randy K. Randolph, Kristin L. Reiter, George H. Pink, G. Mark Holmes
Date
06/2017
Organization
North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
Tagged as
Healthcare quality
· Hospitals
· Policy
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data