In our continuing series where we look at the rates of infection and mortality reported by Philadelphia area hospitals, here we filter out the hospitals with the lowest mortality rates for cases reported as Congestive Heart Failure. What is interesting to note is the low actual number of cases, consider the rates are reported as per 1,000 cases.
Peer Group 1, Mortality Rates for Congestive Heart Failure
Rank |
Hospital |
Deaths |
Rate per
|
| 1 | Main Line Lankenau | 7 | 1.06 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | 4 | 1.25 |
| 3 | Hahnemann University | 9 | 1.62 |
| 4 | Temple University | 17 | 1.62 |
| 5 | Frankford | 15 | 1.66 |
| 6 | Hospital University PA | 13 | 2.02 |
| 7 | Abington Memorial | 19 | 2.22 |
| 8 | St Luke’s/Bethlehem | 20 | 2.36 |
| 9 | Thomas Jefferson Univ | 17 | 2.92 |
| 10 | Reading | 21 | 3.07 |
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