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ICU Benchmarks
for Success — 2000

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2000 ICU benchmarks

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The 2000 100 Top Hospitals: ICU Benchmarks for Success abstract from Solucient and VISICU provides you with the benchmarking standards and details necessary to help you better understand the industry’s evolution.

This annual study identifies the nation’s top ICU hospitals and sets a standard for management teams throughout the country.

Important findings in this year’s study include indications that, compared with their peers, ICU 100 Top Hospitals:

have lower mortality and complications indices;

have lower costs;

maintain shorter lengths of stay.

Study comparison groups include:

teaching hospitals with residency programs in critical care

teaching hospitals
community hospitals

Performance measures within each comparison group reveal important benchmark numbers for:

risk-adjusted mortalities;
risk-adjusted complications;
ICU-related ancillary costs;
average length of stay.

The 100 Top Hospitals ICU abstract includes listings of all top performers, notes on methodologies used, and easy-to-read graphs and tables showing how your peer group compares with the newly established benchmarks.

This title is available in both traditional book and PDF format on CD-ROM. If you need assistance, your Solucient Publications sales representative can help you select one that is right for you.

Formats	Descriptions, prices
Book	Valuable reference tool in a traditional hardbound format. Price: $125
PDF	The convenience and portability of an electronic file — complete with keyword searching. Price: $160 (Group licenses available)
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How do you compare?

To arrange to have a custom study comparing a hospital against its peer group and a national benchmark, providers, send e-mail to pubs@solucient.com, or call Solucient Customer Service by dialing 1-800-568-3282 and selecting option 5.

Related Solucient publications

The Comparative Performance of U.S. Hospitals: The Sourcebook — Details and information on the performance of the U.S. hospital industry using 59 key measures and 157 comparison groups for the most recent five-year period.

Profiles of U.S. Hospitals — Reveals extensive data on more than 50 key measures of financial, clinical, and operating performance for nearly every U.S. hospital.

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