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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

[Read more →]