Measurements for Top 100
Measurements for Top 100
The data used in the HCIA/Mercer 100 Top Hospitals study came from HCIA’s hospital and DRG databases. The hospital database contains more than 800 data elements for more than 6,000 U.S. acute care and specialty hospitals. Virtually every general acute care hospital with 25 or more beds in service is included in the database, as well as all hospitals with bonds rated by Standard & Poor’s Corp. This year’s ranking was based on these eight measures of clinical quality practices, operations, and financial management:
1. Risk-adjusted mortality index: the number of actual deaths divided by the number expected, given the risk of death for each patient
2. Risk-adjusted complications index: the number of cases with complications divided by the number expected, given the risk of complication for each patient
3. Severity-adjusted average length of stay: the average patient length of stay, adjusted for differences in severity of illness
4. Expense per adjusted discharge, case mix- and wage-adjusted: total operating expenses divided by the number of adjusted discharges
5. Profitability (cash flow margin): the sum of net income, depreciation, and interest expense divided by the sum of net patient revenue and total other income
6. Proportion of outpatient revenue
7. Index of total facility occupancy: the sum of two rankings, current year total occupancy and growth in occupancy
8. Productivity (total asset turnover ratio): net patient revenue divided by total assets
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