One way to tell whether a hospital is doing a good job is to find out whether patients admitted to the hospital have death (mortality) rates that are lower (better) than the U.S. National rate, about the same as the U.S. National rate, or higher (worse) than the U.S. National rate, given how sick they were when they were admitted to the hospital. The information on this website shows how the 30-day risk-adjusted death rates for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia at The Methodist Hospital System compare to the U.S. National rate. For some hospitals, the number of cases is too small (fewer than 25) to reliably tell how well the hospital is performing, so no comparison to the national rate is shown.*
*www.HospitalCompare.hhs.gov
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What does this graph measure?
The graph above shows the estimated 30-day death (mortality) rates for heart attack patients compared to the U.S. National 30-day death rate for all Medicare patients treated for heart attack. The death rates shown here have been risk-adjusted. This means that they take into account how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital.
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What does this graph measure?
The graph above shows the estimated 30-day death (mortality) rates for heart failure patients compared to the U.S. National 30-day death rate for all Medicare patients treated for heart failure. The death rates shown here have been risk-adjusted. This means that they take into account how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital.
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What does this graph measure?
The graph above shows the estimated 30-day death (mortality) rates for pneumonia patients compared to the U.S. National 30-day death rate for all Medicare patients treated for pneumonia. The death rates shown here have been risk-adjusted. This means that they take into account how sick patients were before they were admitted to the hospital.
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