MONAHRQ Demo - Health Care Cost and Quality

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Health Care Cost and Quality. Health care quality is: *Doing the right thing (getting the medicines, tests, and help you need), *Doing it at the right time (when you need them), and *Doing it the right way (with your doctor using the best methods). Many things affect the cost of health care. Higher costs do not necessarily mean that a provider is offering higher-quality care. You can find a provider who offers high quality care at an affordable cost. Seeing cost and quality information side by side can help people make an informed choice. Higher cost health care is not necessarily better care. In fact, higher costs may mean that too many services are being provided, which can increase the risk to you, the patient. Select to Compare Hospitals for this Topic. Comparing hospitals can help you spot potentially problematic safety concerns for hospitals you're considering.

Tips / Checklist: Use information about cost and quality to decide which hospital will provide high-quality care at a reasonable cost. Looking at the costs of care can help you see whether a hospital charges more or less than others in your area. Select to Compare Hospitals for this Topic. Comparing hospitals can help you make better health care decisions for you and your loved ones.

How do hospitals in In My State perform on Health Care Cost and Quality? How often patients die in the hospital during or after having a surgery to bypass a blocked blood vessel in the heart: 1.1%. How often patients die in the hospital during or after hip replacement: 0.0%.

WHY SHOULD YOU COMPARE? All hospitals are not the same. Some are better overall, some are not so good. Some do well in some areas of care but not in others. Comparing hospitals helps: Spot potentially problematic safety concerns for hospitals you're considering. Make better health care decisions for you and your loved ones. Show you how hospitals you're considering perform in critical safety areas. Talking with your doctor shows you want to be a partner in your care. It also helps remind your care team to take certain actions to keep you as safe as possible. Select to Compare Hospitals for this Topic. Find hospitals that perform best in the areas you care about.

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