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Activity Number: 398
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Health Policy Statistics Section
Abstract #314255 View Presentation
Title: The COPSS Report on the CMS Model for Comparing Hospitals
Author(s): Steven Fienberg*
Companies: Carnegie Mellon University
Keywords: Bayesian ; Random-effects ; Exogenous predictiors ; Logit models
Abstract:

In 2011, the Committee of the Presidents of the Statistical Societies (COPSS) established a committee to review the model used by the Centers for Medical Services to publicly reporting hospital-specific mortality rates through its Hospital Compare website. The model was considered controversial by some and the COPSS committee reviewed its structure and assumptions, and assessed some alternative ways to analyze mortality data and report the results by individual hospitals. The committee's report supported the general approach of CMS and provided a careful rationale for its use and potential improvements. This presentation will introduce the statistical issue and describe some of the key components of the COPSS report.


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