Posted by: Stanley Quan on: April 27, 2010
“Fears that hospitals would try to boost their published quality ratings by turning away sicker patients have not been borne out, at least in one large state, researchers said.
Following the introduction of mandatory reporting of coronary bypass surgery outcomes in California, no significant change occurred in patient case mix or prevalence of risk factors.
We found no evidence of decreased access to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for high-risk patients in California during the period of public reporting of isolated CABG outcomes,” the researchers wrote.”
