Critical Access Hospital Participation in the Hospital Quality Alliance and Initial Quality Measure Results

The purpose of this project is to:

• Estimate the proportion of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) that are participating partially or fully in the Hospital Quality Alliance
• Assess the key factors related to CAH participation in the Hospital Quality Alliance
• Determine how many CAHs have sufficient sample sizes to calculate accurate rates for specific measures
• Compare the initial year of quality measure results for CAHs with relevant hospital subgroups.

This project will use secondary data from CMS on CAH participation in the Hospital Quality Alliance, as well as data from the AHA Annual Survey and the Area Resource File on hospital characteristics that may affect CAH participation.

There may be products related to this project; please contact the lead researcher for more information.