Paolo Campanella|Vladimir Vukovi?|Paolo Parente|Adela Sulejmani|Walter Ricciardi|Maria Lucia Specchia
The impact of Public Reporting on clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore|Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore|Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore|Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore|Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore|Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
assess qualitatively quantitatively impact public reporting pr clinical outcomes carried systematic review published studies topic pubmed web science scopus databases searched identify studies published 1991 2014 investigated relationship pr clinical outcomes studies considered eligible investigated relationship pr clinical outcomes comprehensively described pr mechanism study design adopted among clinical outcomes identified metaanalysis performed overall mortality rate quantitative data exhaustively reported sufficient number studies two reviewers conducted data extraction independently disagreements resolved discussion reviewers evaluated also quality studies using grade approach twentyseven studies included mainly effect pr clinical outcomes positive metaanalysis regarding overall mortality included context high heterogeneity 10 studies total 1840401 experimental events 3670446 control events resulted rr 085 95 ci 079092 introduction pr programs different levels healthcare sector challenging rewarding public health strategy existing research covering different clinical outcomes supports idea pr could fact stimulate providers improve healthcare quality