TY  - JOUR
T1  - Satisfied to death: A spurious result?—reply
AU  - Fenton JJ, Bertakis KD, Franks P
Y1  - 2012/07/23
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2562
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1110
EP  - 1114
VL  - 172
IS  - 14
N2  - 
In the study by Sequist et al,1 for example, Friedberg et al emphasize a few positive correlations between patient experience measures (aggregated at the physician and practice level) and Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality metrics. But most correlations in this study, particularly those related to physician care, were weak and nonsignificant. The study also lacked adjustment, which makes their criticism of our adjusted findings ironic. Indeed, our study adjusted not only for self-reported health but also for chronic conditions, prior expenditures, prescriptions, hospital, and office use. Far from underadjusted, our results may be overadjusted and therefore conservative.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2562
ER  -