Physician-Owned Surgical Hospitals Outperform Other Hospitals in Medicare Value- Based Purchasing Program Adriana G. Ramirez, MD, Margaret C. Tracci, MD, JD, FACS, George J. Stukenborg, PhD, Florence E. Turrentine, PhD, RN, Benjamin D. Kozower, MD, MPH, FACS, R. Scott Jones, MD, FACS Journal of the American College of Surgeons Volume 223, Issue 4, Pages 559-567 (October 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.07.014 Copyright © 2016 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Domain scores by hospital category. Mean hospital category score is shown on top of the corresponding bar graph. (A) Processes of care domain; (B) outcomes domain; (C) patient satisfaction domain; and (D) efficiency domain. ACO, Accountable Care Organization; POSH, physician-owned surgical hospitals; UHC, University HealthSystem Consortium; USNWR, US News and World Report Honor Roll. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2016 223, 559-567DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.07.014) Copyright © 2016 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions