Why the study?
Differences in hospital star ratings may be influenced by hospital type and the number and type of reported quality measures, but the impact of these differences is unclear.
Observational
Yes
p-value: p=< .001
Hospital star ratings may be biased by hospital type and the number of measures reported, limiting their utility for comparing different types of hospitals.
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Cooper et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Hospital quality reporting. Hospital type (specialty, critical access, teaching, community) vs. Acute care hospitals was evaluated on High star rating and number of measure groups reported (p=< .001).
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