Background: Previous reviews have shown inconsistent effects of publicly reported
performance data on quality of care, but many new studies have become available in the 7 …

P I. Principles of Performance Measurement: 1. Introduction Peter C. Smith, Elias Mossialos,
Sheila Leatherman and Irene Papanicolas; P. II. Dimensions of Performance: 2. Population …

1.1. Methodology and Evidence Review Whenever possible, the recommendations listed in
this document are evidence based. Articles reviewed in this guideline revision covered …

Health care report cards—public disclosure of patient health outcomes at the level of the
individual physician or hospital or both—may address important informational asymmetries …

ContextInformation about the performance of hospitals, health professionals, and health
care organizations has been made public in the United States for more than a decade. The …

Health care report cards publicly report information about physician, hospital, and health
plan quality in an attempt to improve that quality. Reporting quality information publicly is …

If profit maximization is the objective of a firm, new information about quality should affect
firm behavior only through its effects on market demand. I consider an alternate model in …

The ambitions of this study were to be a sustained and systematic comparative study of
regulation and to make a fresh contribution to regulatory theory. Chapter 1 shows that the …

Regulatory transparency—mandatory disclosure of information by private or public
institutions with a regulatory intent—has become an important frontier of government …

Summary...... 1277 1.3. 4. Comparison With Percutaneous Techniques...... 1277 1.3. 4.1.
Overview of Randomized Trials...... 1278 1.3. 4.2. Results of Randomized Trials...... 1280 1.3 …