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Heart Attack
These percentages were calculated from Medicare data on patients discharged between
July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2008.
They don't include people in Medicare Advantage Plans (like an HMO or PPO) or people who don’t have Medicare.
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hThis column shows the number of patients with Original Medicare who were admitted to the hospital for Heart Attack. The hospital may also have treated additional Medicare patients in Medicare health plans (like an HMO or PPO).
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What does this show you? The graph above shows the estimated 30-day death (mortality) rates for heart attack at each of the hospitals you selected, compared to the U.S. National 30-day death rate for all Medicare patients treated for heart attack. The death rates for each hospital 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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1 of the hospitals you selected had death rates for heart attack that are statistically different than the national rate:
HILLCREST HOSPITAL has a heart attack rate that is lower (better) than the national rate.
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For more information, see How are the death (mortality) measures calculated?
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Heart Failure
These percentages were calculated from Medicare data on patients discharged between
July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2008.
They don't include people in Medicare Advantage Plans (like an HMO or PPO) or people who don’t have Medicare.
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hThis column shows the number of patients with Original Medicare who were admitted to the hospital for Heart Failure. The hospital may also have treated additional Medicare patients in Medicare health plans (like an HMO or PPO).
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What does this show you? The graph above shows the estimated 30-day death (mortality) rates for heart failure at each of the hospitals you selected, compared to the U.S. National 30-day death rate for all Medicare patients treated for heart failure. The death rates for each hospital 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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1 of the hospitals you selected had death rates for heart failure that are statistically different than the national rate:
HILLCREST HOSPITAL has a heart failure rate that is lower (better) than the national rate.
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For more information, see How are the death (mortality) measures calculated?
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Pneumonia
These percentages were calculated from Medicare data on patients discharged between
July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2008.
They don't include people in Medicare Advantage Plans (like an HMO or PPO) or people who don’t have Medicare.
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hThis column shows the number of patients with Original Medicare who were admitted to the hospital for Pneumonia. The hospital may also have treated additional Medicare patients in Medicare health plans (like an HMO or PPO).
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What does this show you? The graph above shows the estimated 30-day death (mortality) rates for pneumonia at each of the hospitals you selected, compared to the U.S. National 30-day death rate for all Medicare patients treated for pneumonia. The death rates for each hospital 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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1 of the hospitals you selected had death rates for pneumonia that are statistically different than the national rate:
HILLCREST HOSPITAL has a pneumonia rate that is lower (better) than the national rate.
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For more information, see How are the death (mortality) measures calculated?
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