In an objective attempt to qualify which hospitals are ‘better’ or ‘worse’ in the Philadelphia area, I’ve been poring over some interesting data provided by the Pennsylvania Healthcare Cost Containment Council (www.phc4.org). From this organization, we can see total cases reported for infections among patients.
I grouped hospitals by their peer group, isolated the largest hospitals - here are Peer Group 2 hospital rankings, for cases reported of infections per 1,000 patients, in 2006.
Peer Group 2, Lowest Infection Rates
Rank |
Hospital |
Cases
|
Rate per
|
| 1 | Penn Presbyterian | 149 | 11.3 |
| 2 | Jeanes | 135 | 12.5 |
| 3 | Sacred Heart/Allentown | 79 | 13.6 |
| 4 | Main Line Paoli | 171 | 13.7 |
| 5 | Chester County | 216 | 15.4 |
| 6 | Main Line Bryn Mawr | 256 | 15.7 |
| 7 | Easton | 203 | 17.1 |
| 8 | Doylestown | 238 | 19.5 |
| 9 | St Joseph/Reading | 213 | 24.9 |
| 10 | Brandywine | 179 | 25.1 |
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