provide incentives for hospitals to reduce costs or improve quality. Instead, it makes publicly available hospital quality … hospitals will be motivated to improve quality but not decrease costs. We study hospital costs and quality for the period … spanning 2003 to 2009. To assess the impact of the Reform on costs and quality, we compare the change in Massachusetts hospital …

propose to test a subset of the Reform’s goals by examining at the hospital level whether the Massachusetts Health Care Reform … Hospital Compare (HC) data to investigate this issue and study hospital costs and quality for the period spanning 2003 to 2009 …. To assess the impact of the Reform on costs and quality, we compare the change in Massachusetts hospital costs and …

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the quality of hospital services as perceived by patients in terms of … patient satisfaction with services. Design/Methodology/Approach: A conceptual framework of quality of hospital services … conducted in a public regional hospital. Findings: Five (5) quality dimensions (5Qs) have found having a significant impact on …