- Title
- Using radar plots for performance benchmarking at patient and hospital levels using an Australian orthopaedics dataset
- Creator
- Morales-Silva, Daniel; McPherson, Cameron; Pineda-Villavicencio, Guillermo; Atchison, Rory
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/173319
- Identifier
- vital:14661
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458219895190
- Identifier
- ISBN:1460-4582 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- This study will highlight the diagnostic potential that radar plots display for reporting on performance benchmarking from patient admissions to hospital for surgical procedures. Two drawbacks of radar plots – the presence of missing information and ordering of indicators – are addressed. Ten different orthopaedic surgery procedures were considered in this study. Moreover, twelve outcome indicators were provided for each of the 10 surgeries of interest. These indicators were displayed using a radar plot, which we call a scorecard. At the hospital level, we propose a facile process by which to consolidate our 10 scorecards into one. We addressed the ordering of indicators in our scorecards by considering the national median of the indicators as a benchmark. Furthermore, our the consolidated scorecard facilitates concise visualisation and dissemination of complex data. It also enables the classification of providers into potential low and high performers that warrant further investigation. In conclusion, radar plots provide a clear and effective comparative tool for discerning multiple outcome indicators against the benchmarks of patient admission. A case study between two top and bottom performers on a consolidated scorecard (at hospital level) showed that medical provider charges varied more than other outcome indicators. © The Author(s) 2020.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Relation
- Health Informatics Journal Vol. 26, no. 3 (2020), p. 2119-2137
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © The Author(s) 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 0806 Information Systems; 0807 Library and Information Studies; Consumer health informatics; Graphic display; Health outcomes; Healthcare data; Quality; Radar plots
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