Putting Hospitals to the Test
Episode Description
By "matching" patients across a group of hospitals, a new paper co-authored by two Wharton professors suggests a fairer and more accurate way of assessing the quality of health care providers.
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Brief Summary
Hospital quality assessment improves with template matching for fair comparisons across patient demographics.
Key points
- Revolutionizing Hospital Comparisons. A new template matching technique allows for fair comparisons across hospitals.
- Surprising Variability in Outcomes. Despite similar patient profiles, hospitals show significant differences in outcomes.
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Episode highlights
- Revolutionizing Hospital ComparisonsA new template matching technique allows for fair comparisons across hospitals.“We’re completely changing things around the technique.”2:46Jun 3, 2014
- Surprising Variability in OutcomesDespite similar patient profiles, hospitals show significant differences in outcomes.“The biggest surprise was that after we did this very close matching...”4:52Jun 3, 2014
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