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Do German hospital report cards have the potential to improve the quality of care?

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  • Emmert, Martin
  • Hessemer, Stefanie
  • Meszmer, Nina
  • Sander, Uwe

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Hospitals report cards have been put in place within the past few years to increase the amount of publicly reported quality information in Germany.

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  • Emmert, Martin & Hessemer, Stefanie & Meszmer, Nina & Sander, Uwe, 2014. "Do German hospital report cards have the potential to improve the quality of care?," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 118(3), pages 386-395.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:118:y:2014:i:3:p:386-395
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2014.07.006
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    2. Martin Emmert & Nina Meszmer & Lisa Jablonski & Lena Zinth & Oliver Schöffski & Fatemeh Taheri-Zadeh, 2017. "Public release of hospital quality data for referral practices in Germany: results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 7(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Kraska, Rike Antje & Krummenauer, Frank & Geraedts, Max, 2016. "Impact of public reporting on the quality of hospital care in Germany: A controlled before–after analysis based on secondary data," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 120(7), pages 770-779.
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    5. Emmert, Martin & Taheri-Zadeh, Fatemeh & Kolb, Benjamin & Sander, Uwe, 2017. "Public reporting of hospital quality shows inconsistent ranking results," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(1), pages 17-26.
    6. Schuldt, Johannes & Doktor, Anna & Lichters, Marcel & Vogt, Bodo & Robra, Bernt-Peter, 2017. "Insurees’ preferences in hospital choice—A population-based study," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(10), pages 1040-1046.
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