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Orthopedic Benchmarks
for Success — 2000

Publication date: November 27, 2000

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2000 Orthopedic Benchmarks

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The 2000 100 Top Hospitals: Orthopedic Benchmarks for Success abstract from HCIA-Sachs and the Human Motion InstituteSM provides you with the benchmarking standards and details necessary to help you better understand the industry’s evolving direction.

This annual study identifies the nation’s top orthopedic 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, orthopedic 100 Top Hospitals:

  • have better better clinical outcomes in terms of mortality and complications;
  • have lower costs;
  • maintain shorter lengths of stay;
  • discharge a greater percentage of patients home or to home health agencies

Study comparison groups include:

  • teaching hospitals with orthopedic residency programs
  • teaching hospitals 
  • community hospitals

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

  • risk-adjusted mortality index;
  • risk-adjusted complications index;
  • count of patients receiving orthopedic services;
  • percentage of patients discharged to home;
  • severity-adjusted average length of stay;
  • wage- and severity-adjusted average cost.

The 100 Top Hospitals orthopedic 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 HCIA-Sachs Publications sales representative can help you select one that is right for you.

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Related HCIA-Sachs publications

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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