Medicare Underestimates Heart Attack Mortality Rates

A 2017 analysis of Medicare’s Hospital Compare portal shows the statistical methodology used to rate and compare hospitals underestimates mortality rates of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) at small hospitals. The research was published in in the Journal of the American Statistical Association. A release from the association notes that Hospital Compare collects data from Medicare… Continue reading Medicare Underestimates Heart Attack Mortality Rates