New Health and Society Findings from Elon University Discussed (Hospital Uncompensated Care and Patient Experience: an Instrumental Variable Approach)

2019 MAY 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on Health and Medicine - Health and Society is now available. According to news reporting originating from Elon, United States, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Examine the endogenous relationship between uncompensated care and hospital patient experience scores. The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey, CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, and the US Census Bureau.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Elon University, “The exogenous change in uncompensated care caused by the 2014 Medicaid expansion was exploited to measure the effect of uncompensated care on patient experience scores using a 2SLS regression with instrumental variables approach. Data Collection/Extraction Methods U.S. general, short-term hospitals whose DSH status remained constant and had nonmissing data for 2011-2015, which totaled 969 unique hospitals per year. The effect of uncompensated care on patient experience was in the predicted direction, with three of the 10 measures being statistically significant. A one percentage point increase in uncompensated care costs resulted in a 0.25-0.50 percentage point decrease in select patient experience scores. Results indicate a weak relationship between uncompensated care and patient experience scores, as a reduction in uncompensated care is related to quality improvement for some hospitals.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These findings have implications for hospitals as they navigate changing reimbursement structures and policy makers considering changes to Obama-era health care reforms.”

For more information on this research see: Hospital Uncompensated Care and Patient Experience: an Instrumental Variable Approach. Health Services Research, 2019;54(3):603-612. Health Services Research can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Health Services Research - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-6773)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting S. Camilleri, Elon University, Dept Polit Sci & Policy Studies, Elon, NC 27244, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13111. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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