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New Jersey 2009 Hospital Performance Report
The State's sixth annual report on hospital performance ranks the performance of the state's hospitals in delivering quality treatment including measures for heart attack, pneumonia, heart failure, and improving surgical care. The report also includes new measures for patient safety that show how well hospitals are preventing specific medical errors. Information about these conditions and measures as well as helpful consumer advice are presented in the report.
Archived Reports
2008 through 2004 Hospital Performance Reports.
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2008 New Jersey HMO Performance Report: Compare Your Choices
The twelfth annual report containing useful information on choosing a health plan, including a comparison of the performance of NJ's managed care plans and how consumers rate them.
Archived Reports
Past New Jersey HMO Reports dating back to 1997. |
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Cardiac
Surgery in New Jersey 2006 [pdf 1.20 MB]
The tenth report on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, comparing inpatient death rates for the 18 NJ hospitals and the physicians performing this procedure in 2006.
Archived Reports
Past New Jersey Cardiac Surgery reports dating back to 1994.
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Nursing
Home Report Card
New Jersey's Nursing Home Report Card has been replaced by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Five Star Rating system, Nursing Home Compare. This system includes a rating structure, which allows comparison of federally certified Nursing Homes in New Jersey and across the country. |
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Bariatric Surgery in New Jersey 2005 [pdf 3.8mb]
In August 2004, DHSS appointed a 21 member Bariatric Work Group to study issues related to bariatric surgery. This second report is based on patients who had bariatric surgery in 2005 regardless of discharge date and examines severity, mortality, readmissions, complications, length of stay and other indicators.
Archived Report
Report and Recommendations of the Bariatric Work Group |
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Inpatient Quality Indicators, July 2007 [pdf 1.1 mb]
This report applies the AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators software tool to 2005 New Jersey hospital discharge data. |
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Breastfeeding in NJ Hospitals: A Comparative Report
This Report compares the proportion of mothers who were breastfeeding exclusively, at the time of hospital discharge. For comparison purposes, analysis takes into consideration the different demographic patient populations among the hospitals. |
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Cesarean Delivery
A series of reports examines trends, compares hospitals, and explores the medical consequences of cesarean delivery in New Jersey hospitals. |
