Perioperative outcomes in a nationwide sample of patients undergoing surgical treatment of ovarian endometriomas.

Objective: To evaluate the perioperative outcomes of premenopausal women undergoing cystectomy or oophorectomy for ovarian endometriomas (OMAs) and other benign neoplasms.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Clinical database containing information from 580 US hospitals.

Assessing the relationship between patient satisfaction and clinical quality in an ambulatory setting.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationship between patient satisfaction and a variety of clinical quality measures in an ambulatory setting to determine if there is significant overlap between patient satisfaction and clinical quality or if they are separate domains of overall physician quality. Assessing this relationship will help to determine whether there is congruence between different types of clinical quality performance and patient satisfaction and therefore provide insight to appropriate financial structures for physicians. Design/methodology/approach Ordered probit regression analysis is conducted with overall rating of physician from patient satisfaction responses to the Clinician and Groups Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey as the dependent variable.

The great risk shift: a strategic road map for providers.

Healthcare providers that are assessing their readiness to assume financial risk for care delivery should understand the full range of risk options available to them. Available options fall into two broad categories: episode-based risk (e.g.