Medicare hospital mortality information.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Health Care Financing Administration.

United States. Department of Health and Human Services.

Series:

HCFA pub ; no. 00650.

HCFA pub ; no. 00650

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicare.

Hospitals--statistics & numerical data.

United States.

Mortality.

Patients.

Medical Subjects:

Medicare.

Hospitals--statistics & numerical data.

United States.

Mortality.

Patients.

Physical Description:

13 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : U.U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration : For sale by the Supt. of Doc., U.S. G.P.O., 1987.

Contents:

Region 1. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

Region 2. New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Region 3. Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennslylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Region 4, [pt. 1]. Alabama, Florida, Georgia

Region 4, [pt. 2]. Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Region 5, [pt. 1]. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan

Region 5, [pt. 2]. Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin

Region 6, [pt. 1]. Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma

Region 6, [pt. 2]. Texas

Region 7. Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska

Region 8. Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming

Region 9. American Samoa, Arizona, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada

Region 10. Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington.

Notes:

Presents information to answer the question: "What is the actual death rate for each hospital compared to what would have been expected for that particular hospital given what we know of the characteristics of patients admitted?"--[P. i].

OCLC:

23354120