The Data Advantage Hospital Value Index™ is the first comprehensive index to compare the value of care that hospitals provide. The 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index™ analyzes more than 4,500 general acute-care hospitals to offer the most comprehensive picture to date of a hospital’s value by measuring its success in the following key areas:

•   Quality, including CMS’s Core Measures, patient safety, mortality and readmission rates;
•  Efficiency, including the relative measure of the cost to the hospital for providing services;
•  Affordability, a relative comparison of prices charged for inpatient and outpatient services; and
•  Patient Satisfaction as measured by HCAHPS.

In addition, market-specific data on reputation of local hospitals are presented. All data used in the Hospital Value Index™ study are publicly available. Data Advantage did not use any proprietary data in compiling the Hospital Value Index™, including that owned and collected by Data Advantage for other business purposes.

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