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Hospital Comparison Tool Provides Quality Information
UnitedHealthcare supports evidence-based hospital referral, which means selecting a hospital based on its experience with specific procedures. More than 100 studies published in leading medical publications have shown that patients get better results at hospitals that frequently perform their type of surgery.

Patients get better results

The hospital comparison feature on myuhc.com uses data from The Leapfrog Group’s hospital survey which identified three safety measures that reduce preventable medical mistakes. The measures are the Evidence-based Hospital Referral (EHR), ICU Physician Staffing, and Computer Physician Order Entry (CPOE).  

 

The site provides a personalized comparison report, which can be viewed online, printed, or emailed to someone else based on which quality measures mean the most to a consumer, including:

  • Patient volume
  • Unfavorable outcomes
  • Mortality rate
  • Length of stay
  • Average charges

 

Learn how hospitals rate on various quality measures sorted by medical diagnosis or procedure, gender, age of patients and by location.