Bayesian and Frequentist Methods for Provider Profiling Using Risk-Adjusted Assessments of Medical Outcomes
医疗结局风险调整下的服务提供者评估：贝叶斯与频率学方法
“Provider profiling” is the evaluation of the performance of hospitals, doctors, and other medical practitioners to enhance the quality of medical care. We propose a new method and compare conventional and Bayesian methodologies that are used or proposed for use for such “report cards.” Conventional statistical approaches to these provider assessments use likelihood-based frequentist methodologies, and the new Bayesian method is patterned after these. For each of three…