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- Title
Increasing the Use of Comparative Quality Information in Maternity Care: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Authors
Maurer, Maureen; Carman, Kristin L.; Yang, Manshu; Firminger, Kirsten; Hibbard, Judith
- Abstract
This randomized controlled trial tested an intervention to increase uptake of hospital-level maternity care quality reports among 245 pregnant women in North Carolina (123 treatment; 122 control). The intervention included three enhancements to the quality report offered to the control: (a) biweekly text messages or e-mails directing women to the website, (b) videos and materials describing the relevance of quality measures to pregnant women's interests, and (c) tools to support discussions with clinicians. Compared with controls, intervention participants were significantly more likely to visit the website and report adopting behaviors to inform care, such as thinking through preferences, talking with their doctor, or creating a birth plan. Reports designed to put quality information into the larger context of what consumers want and need to know, along with targeted and timely communications, can increase consumer use of quality information and prompt them to talk with providers about care preferences and evidence-based practices.
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; WOMEN'S hospitals; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; MATERNAL health services
- Publication
Medical Care Research & Review, 2019, Vol 76, Issue 2, p208
- ISSN
1077-5587
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/1077558717712290