Table 4.
Risk Adjustment Method | AMI | Pneumonia | Heart Failure | |||
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Hospitals in Lowest Quartile | Hospitals in Highest Quartile | Hospitals in Lowest Quartile | Hospitals in Highest Quartile | Hospitals in Lowest Quartile | Hospitals in Highest Quartile | |
CMS method | 40 | 64 | 40 | 59 | 41 | 61 |
CMS method + patient dual eligible status | 43 | 58 | 43 | 55 | 43 | 57 |
CMS method + patient dual eligible status + hospital share of dual eligibles | 45 | 51 | 47 | 51 | 49 | 50 |
Number of hospitals | 593 | 361 | 725 | 763 | 721 | 754 |
Note. For each condition, only hospitals with at least eight index discharges were included in the calculations.
AMI, acute myocardial infarction.
Source. Authors' analysis.