Clinical trial is defined as a prospective study to consider the effect and value of an intervention or a control in human (1). Improving the quality of a clinical trial study needs appropriate analytic methods (2). One important aspect for clinical study is comparing two groups at the commencement of the study. In an experimental study, it is very important for the two groups under the study t...

We provide evidence on the long standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978-80. Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors provide NAS, especially those related to information services. This is consistent with better audit qu...

> Under the new ValueBased Purchasing program, hospitals will receive incentive payments based on how well they perform on 12 clinical process measures and nine patient experience measures or on how much their performance improves relative to a baseline performance period. > It is likely that as many hospitals will be penalized with payment reductions under the program as will benefit from paym...

A brief review of the Hospital Outpatient Quality Data Reporting Program (HOP QDRP) is presented highlighting the program's legislative history, outpatient imaging efficiency measures and program requirements. Specifically, HOP QDRP measures applicable to imaging practices are discussed. Resources are also provided for further information on the program's requirements and measures.

We identify an exogenous shock to the financing capacity of a firm (proxied by changes in the value of the firm’s real estate assets) to examine (i) the relation between reporting quality and investments conditional on this shock, and (ii) firms’ disclosure responses to the shock. We find that investment by firms with higher reporting quality is less affected by changes in real estate values th...

Pathologists play a central role in delivering healthcare which includes cancer screening programmes as Pap test in cervical cytology. Quality is the integral part of any laboratory report. Quality is characteristic of entities that bear upon its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs. Quality control (QC) is the operational techniques and activities that fulfill and verify requirement of q...

The articles that comprise this special edition of the Health Care Financing Review cover a wide range of topics pertaining to the public reporting of health care quality. For many years, CMS and other purchasers have used public reporting of health care quality measures not only for public accountability of plans and providers for the care they provide, but also to assist consumers, health pla...

Background and Purpose—Public reporting of quality data is becoming more common and increasingly used to improve choices of patients, providers, and payers. We reviewed the scope and content of stroke data being reported to the public and how well it captures the quality of stroke care. Methods—We performed a cross-sectional survey of all report cards within the Agency for Healthcare Research a...