Hospital comparison

Prompt

To complete this assignment, you will submit an analysis report that includes the comparative analysis of two chosen hospitals. In this assignment, you will choose two acute care hospitals from your state and conduct a comparative analysis. Use module resources to understand how to conduct the comparative analysis on selected hospitals. You will use quality metrics and national benchmarks defined by the CMS. You will then create an analysis report that includes the comparative table and a summary of your analysis to demonstrate your findings.

You must cite at least three sources to support your claims. For additional help with completing this assignment, refer to the Shapiro Library Guide: Nursing Graduate item in the Start Here module. You may also use the Online Writing Center, located in the Academic Support module.

Use this hospital comparison table template to help you complete this assignment:

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Selection of Hospitals: Justify your selection of two acute care hospitals for comparative analysis.
2. Analysis of Patient Survey Ratings: Analyze the comparative performance of selected hospitals pertaining to patient survey ratings quality metrics. Consider the following questions in your response:
   1. How does the patient survey quality metric impact the government and private insurance reimbursement?
   2. Why is the patient survey one of the essential quality metrics for value-based care?
   3. Did underserved/vulnerable populations participate in the patient survey? Why is their inclusion essential?
3. Analysis of Complication and Death Rates: Analyze the comparative performance of selected hospitals pertaining to complication and death rate quality metrics. Consider the following questions in your response:
   1. How do complication and death rate quality metrics impact the government and private insurance reimbursement?
   2. How do the complication and death rates impact value-based care?
4. Analysis of Unplanned Hospital Visit Ratings: Analyze the comparative performance of selected hospitals pertaining to the unplanned hospital visits quality metric. Consider the following questions in your response:
   1. How does the unplanned hospital visits quality metric impact the government and private insurance reimbursement?
   2. What does the unplanned hospital visits quality metric indicate about value-based care?
5. Summary of Analysis: Summarize your findings from your comparative analysis of the two hospitals. Include the national benchmarks for the quality metrics you have used for your analyses. Consider the following questions in your response:
   1. How do value-based care quality metrics impact healthcare stakeholders such as insurance providers, hospitals, and patients?
   2. Do the mentioned three quality metrics or any other quality metrics defined by the CMS include underserved/vulnerable populations challenges related to value-based care?

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