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Study: top hospitals increase patient survival

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, February 7, 2008

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A recent study has concluded that patients treated at top-rated hospitals nationwide are about 27% less likely to die, on average, than those treated at other hospitals.

The study was conducted by HealthGrades, an independent healthcare ratings organization based in Golden, CO. After analyzing nearly 41 million hospitalizations during 2004, 2005, and 2006, researchers identified hospitals in the top 5% nationally in terms of mortality and complication rates for 27 diagnoses and procedures. These hospitals were named as Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence by HealthGrades; the list of these hospitals can be found here on the organization's Web site, www.HealthGrades.com.

HealthGrades found that, on average, there was a 27% lower risk of inhospital risk-adjusted mortality experienced by Medicare patients at the Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence, when compared with other hospitals nationwide. Additionally, the study found that 171,424 lives may have been saved if the quality of care at all hospitals equaled the quality of care given at the Distinguished hospitals.

Source: HealthGrades

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