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Here's a study of hospital report cards that shows a decrease in patient welfare from the increased transparency. As others in this thread have noted, the repo
by k2enemy 12y ago
Here's a study of hospital report cards that shows a decrease in patient welfare from the increased transparency. As others in this thread have noted, the report cards led to doctors not wanting to take on risky patient.
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/satterthwaite/research/2003-0520%20dranove%20et%20al%20re%20report%20cards%20%28jpe%29.pdf http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/satterthwaite/re...
- lostlogin 12y agoThis article mentions this problem and addresses it towards the end of the article. The key part of addressing the problem is confidentiality. Interestingly know of another piece of software which is being developed with the aim of reducing inappropriate dosagages during medical care. It works a similar way and uses anonymous comparison as well.