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 [...]
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2006 Mortality Rates, Congestive Heart Failure
May 16th, 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
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