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 [...]
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2006 Infection Rates Ranking
May 10th, 2008 · No Comments · healthcare
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2006 Infection Rates Ranking
May 10th, 2008 · No Comments · healthcare
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 [...]
Tags: hospitals·infection·pennsylvania·philadelphia·ranking·rates