Hospital compare
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Introduction
US Health & Human Services Web site that compares Medicare data between hospitals.
Notes
- public reporting of mortality rates in Medicare's Hospital Compare program did not improve mortality for myocardial infarction, heart failure, &/or pneumonia
- 5 star rating for overall hospital quality that incorporates up to 64 quality measures gathered by Hospital Compare[3]
- 39% of hospitals earned 3 stars; only 2% earned 5 stars
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
- ↑ Joynt KE et al Public Reporting of Mortality Rates for Hospitalized Medicare Patients and Trends in Mortality for Reported Conditions. Ann Intern Med. Published online 31 May 2016 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27239794 <Internet> http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2525716
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Fact Sheet. July 27, 2016 First Release of the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating on Hospital Compare. https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2016-Fact-sheets-items/2016-07-27.html
- ↑ Medicare.gov. Hospital compare. https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/About/Hospital-overall-ratings.html
- ↑ http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov