Table 4.

Applicability of Hospital Quality Reports

		Mean•	Range
Types of measures*• (no. of reports)	Care process/outcome	7.3 (3.0)	5–11 (1–6)
	Patient experience	1.2 (0.9)	0–3 (0–2)
	Cost	2.5 (0.7)	0–5 (0–3)
	Efficiency	1.0 (0.0)	1–1 (0–0)
Number of reports with general quality measures	Patient safety	4.3 (0.7)	1–8 (0–2)
	Patient experience	1.2 (0.9)	0–3 (0–2)
	Length of stay	3.2 (0.4)	0–6 (0–1)
	Volume	4.7 (1.0)	1–8 (0–4)
	Complications	1.6 (0.8)	0–6 (0–2)
	Mortality	4.8 (0.6)	1–8 (0–2)
	Surgical infection	2.5 (1.5)	1–4 (0–3)
Number of reports with specific quality measures	Obstetrics	2.1 (0.4)	1–5 (0–3)
	Knee/hip replacement	0.3 (0.3)	0–2 (0–2)
	Pneumonia	2.6 (1.6)	1–5 (0–4)
	Heart failure	2.6 (1.6)	1–5 (0–4)
	Heart attack	2.7 (1.6)	1–5 (0–4)
	Coronary artery bypass graft	0.7 (0.7)	0–2 (0–2)
	Other cardiac	0.7 (0.6)	0–2 (0–2)

^•Table entries summarize reporting in 21 study areas. Results are presented for reports by all sponsors and, in parentheses, reports by state and local sponsors only

*Types of measures included in provider quality report. Process and outcome measures include care process or outcomes (i.e., laboratory results) related to inpatient or ambulatory care whether constructed with claims or medical record data. Patient experience measures include measures related to a patient’s satisfaction with care. Cost measures include measures related to the cost of a procedure. Efficiency measures include measures that take into consideration a weighting of cost based on risk or are constructed based on quality and cost measures. Efficiency measures are primarily provided by national health plans and combine cost and quality measures.