Hospital quality reporting and improvement in quality of care for patients with acute myocardial infarction

• Main Authors: Hayato Yamana (Author), Mariko Kodan (Author), Sachiko Ono (Author), Kojiro Morita (Author), Hiroki Matsui (Author), Kiyohide Fushimi (Author), Tomoaki Imamura (Author), Hideo Yasunaga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although public reporting of hospital performance is becoming common, it remains uncertain whether public reporting leads to improvement in clinical outcomes. This study was conducted to evaluate whether enrollment in a quality reporting project is associated with improvement in...