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 results from peer group 1. These are ranked by their reported rates of infection, per 1,000 patients.
Peer Group 1, Lowest Infection Rates
Rank |
Hospital |
Cases
|
Rate per
|
| 1 | Main Line Lankenau | 218 | 11.1 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 321 | 14.6 |
| 3 | St Mary | 328 | 15.9 |
| 4 | Albert Einstein | 459 | 19 |
| 5 | Abington Memorial | 689 | 20.2 |
| 6 | Thomas Jefferson Univ | 683 | 21.4 |
| 7 | Frankford | 647 | 21.8 |
| 8 | Lehigh Valley | 802 | 23.3 |
| 9 | Temple University | 659 | 23.8 |
| 10 | St Luke’s/Bethlehem | 753 | 24.3 |
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