Association of Hospice Accreditation With Quality Measures
Hospice accreditation does not appear to function as a mechanism for comprehensive quality improvement. Instead, our results suggest that organizations may strategically prioritize performance on surveyor-visible metrics, sometimes at the expense of other care processes. These findings suggest accreditation should be viewed as a domain-specific signal rather than a comprehensive proxy for superior hospice quality.
Authors
- Seongwon Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1812-0081)
- Ganisher Davlyatov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9410-9696)
- Robert Weech‐Maldonado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5005-0909)
- Aizhan Karabukayeva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2976-4277)
- Mengying He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4444-7352)
Institutions
- California State University Los Angeles (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Department of Health Services (US)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-12-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70240
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00