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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Apr 1;35(4):697–705. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1030

Exhibit 4.

Top 5 LDA yelp topics correlated to high and low yelp ratings*

Topic Name Correlation, r Covered by HCAHPS
Yelp topics most correlated with positive Yelp ratings
 Caring doctors, nurses, and staff 0.46 No
 Comforting 0.29 No
 Clean, private, nice hospital rooms 0.25 Yes
 Surgery/procedure and peri-op 0.23 No
 Labor and delivery 0.20 No
Yelp topics most correlated with negative Yelp ratings
 Horrible hospital −0.33 Yes
 Rude doctor/nurse communication −0.29 Yes
 Pain Control −0.28 Yes
 Insurance and billing −0.26 No
 Cost of hospital visit −0.26 No

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of Yelp reviews.

NOTES

*

If a topic was similar to an already listed topic it was removed and replaced by the next most associated topic.

All correlation coefficients are statistically significant at P < 0.0001.