New Managed Care Study Findings Have Been Reported from Stanford University (Patient Ratings of Veterans Affairs and Affiliated Hospitals)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- New research on Managed Care is the subject of a report. According to news originating from Stanford, California, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Hospital Compare, a website maintained by CMS, allows comparisons of outcomes and processes of care but not of patient satisfaction for hospitals within the Veteran Affairs (VA) Healthcare System. Therefore, we sought to compare online hospital ratings between VA hospitals and their local affiliated hospitals. Observational analysis."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Stanford University, "We identified 39 VA hospitals and a non-VA affiliated hospital with at least 2 online Yelp ratings. We determined the difference in the mean rating (VA-affiliate rating) with weighting by the number of ratings for each hospital. We used multivariate regression to compare mean Yelp ratings between VA and non-VA affiliate hospitals, adjusting for hospital characteristics (bed size, teaching status, and accreditation). The mean patient rating for VA hospitals (+/- standard deviation) was higher (3.64 +/- 1.0) than the rating for affiliated hospitals (3.09 +/- 0.8; P = .0036). There was no significant correlation in rating between a VA hospital and its affiliate (r = 0.07; P = .59). After adjustment for hospital characteristics, the adjusted rating difference (VA-affiliate hospitals) was 0.65 (95% confidence interval, 0.18-1.12)."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "VA hospitals had higher patient ratings than their non-VA affiliated hospitals, a finding not explained by bed size or teaching status."

For more information on this research see: Patient Ratings of Veterans Affairs and Affiliated Hospitals. American Journal of Managed Care, 2017;23(6):382-384,110. American Journal of Managed Care can be contacted at: Managed Care & Healthcare Communications Llc, 666 Plainsboro Rd, Ste 300, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from P.A. Heidenreich, Stanford University, Sch Med, Dept. of Med, Stanford, CA 94305, United States. Additional authors for this research include A. Zapata, L. Shieh, N. Oliva and A. Sahay.

Keywords for this news article include: Stanford, California, United States, North and Central America, Managed Care, Hospital, Stanford University.

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