Health services research
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Health services research · Dec 2008
Medical malpractice reform and employer-sponsored health insurance premiums.
Tort reform may affect health insurance premiums both by reducing medical malpractice premiums and by reducing the extent of defensive medicine. The objective of this study is to estimate the effects of noneconomic damage caps on the premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance. ⋯ The findings suggest that tort reforms have not translated into insurance savings.
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Health services research · Dec 2008
Can additional patient experience items improve the reliability of and add new domains to the CAHPS hospital survey?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will introduce the reporting of patient surveys in 2008. The Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospital Survey contains 18 questions about hospital care. Internal consistency reliability of the discharge information scale is relatively low and some important domains of care are not represented. ⋯ The additional discharge information questions and the new coordination of care questions significantly improved the psychometric properties of the CAHPS Hospital Survey.