The Comparative Guide to American Hospitals, Second Edition - Volume 2: South Region - Providing a Snapshot Profile of Each of the Nation's 4,300+ Hospitals
Posted on: Monday, 17 September 2007, 18:00 CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c68610) has announced the addition of The Comparative Guide to American Hospitals, Second Edition - Volume 2: South Region to their offering.
This new second edition compares all of the nation's hospitals by 24 measures of quality in the treatment of heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, and, new to this edition, surgical procedures and pregnancy care. Plus, this second edition is now available in regional volumes, to make locating information about hospitals in your area quicker and easier than ever before.
The Comparative Guide to American Hospitals provides a snapshot profile of each of the nations 4,300+ hospitals. These informative profiles illustrate how the hospital rates when providing 24 different treatments within four broad categories:
Heart Attack Care
Heart Failure Care
Pneumonia Care (NEW)
Surgical Infection Prevention (NEW)
Pregnancy Care measures (NEW)
Each profile includes the raw percentage for that hospital, the state average, the US average and data on the top hospital. For easy access to contact information, each profile includes the hospital's address, phone and fax numbers, email and web addresses, type and accreditation along with contact data on at least 5 top key administrations. These profiles will allow the user to quickly identify the quality of the hospital and have the necessary information at their fingertips to make contact with that hospital.
Most importantly, The Comparative Guide to American Hospitals provides easy-to-use Regional State by State Statistical Summary Tables for each of the data elements to allow the user to quickly locate hospitals with the best level of service. Plus, a new 30-Day Mortality Chart, Glossary of Terms and Regional Hospital Profile Index make this a must-have source. This new, expanded edition will be a must for the reference collection at all public, medical and academic libraries.
Content Outline:
Introduction
User's Guide
Section One
Hospital Rankings and Profiles
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Puerto Rico
South Carolina.
Texas
Section Two
State-by-State Statistical Summary
Appendix A
Hospital Mortality
Appendix B
Glossary of Terms
Index
Hospital Profile Index
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c68610
Source: Business Wire
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