http://chrisurban.com Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:42:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://chrisurban.com/2008/05/10/healthcare/2006-infection-rates-ranking-2/ http://chrisurban.com/2008/05/10/healthcare/2006-infection-rates-ranking-2/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 20:23:21 +0000 Chris Urban http://chrisurban.com/2008/05/10/healthcare/2006-infection-rates-ranking-2/ 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 Reported	Rate per 1,000
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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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 Reported	Rate per 1,000
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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