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Hospitals JSON File

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Dennis Kafura
Version 1.0.0, created 6/10/2019
Tags: hospitals, health care, medical, hospital costs, hospital quality

Overview

The data set allows consumers to directly compare across hospitals performance measure information related to heart attack, emergency department care, preventive care, stroke care, and other conditions. The data is part of an Administration-wide effort to increase the availability and accessibility of information on quality, utilization, and costs for effective, informed decision-making.

https://data.medicare.gov/data/hospital-compare

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Key Descriptions

Key List of... Comment Example Value
Facility.Name String Name of the hospital "Southeast Alabama Medical Center"
Facility.City String City in which the hospital is located "Dothan"
Facility.State String Two letter capitalized abbreviation of the State in which the hospital is located (e.g., AZ is Arizona) "AL"
Facility.Type String Kind of organization operating the hospital: one of Government, Private, Proprietary, Church, or Unknown "Government"
Rating.Overall Integer Overall rating between 1 and 5 stars, with 5 stars being the highest rating; -1 represents no rating. 2
Rating.Mortality String Above, Same, Below, or Unknown comparison to national hospital mortality "Below"
Rating.Safety String Above, Same, Below, or Unknown comparison to national hospital safety "Above"
Rating.Readmission String Above, Same, Below, or Unknown comparison to national hospital readmission "Below"
Rating.Experience String Above, Same, Below, or Unknown comparison to national hospital patience experience "Below"
Rating.Effectiveness String Above, Same, Below, or Unknown comparison to national hospital effectiveness of care "Same"
Rating.Timeliness String Above, Same, Below, or Unknown comparison to national hospital timeliness of care "Above"
Rating.Imaging String Above, Same, Below, or Unknown comparison to national hospital effective use of imaging "Same"
Procedure.Heart Attack.Cost Integer Average cost of care for heart attacks 23394
Procedure.Heart Attack.Quality String Lower, Average, Worse, or Unknown comparison to national quality of care for heart attacks "Average"
Procedure.Heart Attack.Value String Lower, Average, Worse, or Unknown comparison to national cost of care for heart attacks "Average"
Procedure.Heart Failure.Cost Integer Average cost of care for heart failure 17041
Procedure.Heart Failure.Quality String Lower, Average, Worse, or Unknown comparison to national quality of care for heart failures "Average"
Procedure.Heart Failure.Value String Lower, Average, Worse, or Unknown comparison to national cost of care for heart failures "Average"
Procedure.Pneumonia.Cost Integer Average cost of care for pneumonia 18281
Procedure.Pneumonia.Quality String Lower, Average, Worse, or Unknown comparison to national quality of care for pneumonia "Average"
Procedure.Pneumonia.Value String Lower, Average, Worse, or Unknown comparison to national cost of care for pneumonia "Average"
Procedure.Hip Knee.Cost Integer Average cost of care for hip or knee conditions 25812
Procedure.Hip Knee.Quality String Lower, Average, Worse, or Unknown comparison to national quality of care for hip or knee conditions "Average"
Procedure.Hip Knee.Value String Lower, Average, Worse, or Unknown comparison to national cost of care for hip or knee conditions "Higher"