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Heart Failure: Death Rate

Superior Superior	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego	10%
Average Average	UC San Diego Health System, Hillcrest	10%
Average Average	Sharp Memorial Hospital	12%
Too Few Cases To Rate Too Few Cases To Rate	Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center
Not Rated Not Rated	Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women

Heart Failure: Quality of Care

Superior Superior	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego	99%
Superior Superior	Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center	100%
Average Average	UC San Diego Health System, Hillcrest	94%
Average Average	Sharp Memorial Hospital	95%
Not Rated Not Rated	Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women

Heart Failure: Readmission Rate

Average Average	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego	24.1% (lower is better)
Average Average	Sharp Memorial Hospital	25.8% (lower is better)
Average Average	UC San Diego Health System, Hillcrest	26.5% (lower is better)
Too Few Cases To Rate Too Few Cases To Rate	Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center
Not Rated Not Rated	Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women

Heart Failure: Average Length of Stay

Not Rated Not Rated	Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women
Not Rated Not Rated	Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center	4.3 Days
Not Rated Not Rated	Sharp Memorial Hospital	4.3 Days
Not Rated Not Rated	UC San Diego Health System, Hillcrest	4.8 Days
Not Rated Not Rated	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego	5.0 Days

Critical Care: ICU Death Rate

Above Average	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego	8.58% (lower is better)
Average	UC San Diego Health System, Hillcrest	9.83% (lower is better)
Average	Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center	9.90% (lower is better)
Below Average	Sharp Memorial Hospital	13.33% (lower is better)
Not Rated	Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women

Patient Safety

Superior	Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center	99%
Superior	Sharp Memorial Hospital	99%
Above Average	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego	98%
Average	UC San Diego Health System, Hillcrest	97%
Not Rated	Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women

Medical Patient Experience

Superior	Sharp Memorial Hospital	83%
Average	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego	69%
Below Average	UC San Diego Health System, Hillcrest	61%
Too Few Cases To Rate	Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women
Too Few Cases (Vendor Error)	Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center

Updated February 2012

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