Evaluation of the Maryland Health Care Commission Hospital and Nursing Home Performance Evaluation Guides: Final Report
March 2004
Maryland Health Care Commission
Over the past few years, the Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC) has undertaken several public reporting initiatives to assist the general public in making informed health care decisions. The Maryland General Assembly authorized the MHCC to produce several state sponsored online health care reports, including the Maryland Hospital and Nursing Home Performance Evaluation Guides, in January 2002 and August 2001, respectively.
Since the Guides were released, feedback has been primarily anecdotal. In its