Forthcoming in Medical Care Estimating a Composite Measure of Hospital Quality from the Hospital Compare Database: Differences When Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Latent Variable Model versus Denominator-based Weights
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Michael Shwartz, PhD, School of Management, Boston University and Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research, VA Boston Healthcare System Justin Ren, PhD, School of Management, Boston University Erol A. Peköz, PhD, School of Management, Boston University Xin Wang, PhD, International Business School, Brandeis University Alan B. Cohen, PhD, Health Policy Institute, Boston University Joseph D. Restuccia, PhD, School of Management, Boston University
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Estimating a composite measure of hospital quality from the Hospital Compare database: differences when using a Bayesian hierarchical latent variable model versus denominator-based weights.
BACKGROUND A single composite measure calculated from individual quality indicators (QIs) is a useful measure of hospital performance and can be justified conceptually even when the indicators are not highly correlated with one another. OBJECTIVE To compare 2 basic approaches for calculating a composite measure: an extension of the most widely-used approach, which weights individual indicator...
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