Insurance Type Helps Determine Quality of Care, Study Finds

Type or lack of patient insurance is a factor in determining quality of care received, with privately insured patients receiving the best care, according to an article published in Health Affairs.

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Researchers used data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Innovative Inpatient Quality Indicators and 11 states’ State Inpatient Database records from 2006 through 2008 to compare 15 within-hospital quality of care measures with risk-adjusted mortality rates for patients of varying insurance statuses.

Read the full article on Becker’s Hospital Review.

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