The Comparative Guide to American Hospitals, Second Edition - Volume 1: East Region
Grey House Publishing Inc, August 2007, Pages: 570
This new second edition compares all of the nation’s hospitals by 24 measures of quality in the treatment of heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and, new to this edition, surgical procedures and pregnancy care. Plus, this second edition is now available in regional volumes, to make locating information about hospitals in your area quicker and easier than ever before.
The Comparative Guide to American Hospitals provides a snapshot profile of each of the nations 4,300+ hospitals. These informative profiles illustrate how the hospital rates when providing 24 different treatments within four broad categories:
- Heart Attack Care
- Heart Failure Care
- Pneumonia Care (NEW)
- Surgical Infection Prevention (NEW)
- Pregnancy Care measures (NEW)
Each profile includes the raw percentage for that hospital, the state average, the US average and data on the top hospital. For easy access to contact information, each profile includes the hospital’s address, phone and fax numbers, email and web addresses, type and accreditation along with contact data on at least 5 top key administrations. These profiles will allow the user to quickly identify the quality of the hospital and have the necessary information at their fingertips to make contact with that hospital.
Most importantly, The Comparative Guide to American Hospitals provides easy-to-use Regional State by State Statistical Summary Tables for each of the data elements to allow the user to quickly locate hospitals with the best level of service. Plus, a new 30-Day Mortality Chart, Glossary of Terms and Regional Hospital Profile Index make this a must-have source. This new, expanded edition will be a must for the reference collection at all public, medical and
academic libraries.
Introduction
User’s Guide
Section One
Hospital Rankings and Profiles
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Section Two
State-by-State Statistical Summary
Appendix A
Hospital Mortality
Appendix B
Glossary of Terms
Index
Hospital Profile Index
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