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Article: MedCath Corporation Responds to GAO Report; MedCath Hospitals Treat Patients With Higher Severity; MedCath Hospitals Achieve Lower In-Hospital Mortality Rates and Shorter Average Lengths of Stay Than Peer Community Hospitals Including Major Teaching Facilities.
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- PR Newswire
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- May 16, 2003
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The Lewin Group, Inc., a nationally recognized consultant to the health and human services industries, has released data demonstrating that MedCath Corporation heart hospitals on average treat cardiac patients with a higher case mix index (CMI), which is a common measure of patient severity of illness and case complexity, compared to peer community hospitals across the country.
The report, "A Comparative Study of Patient Severity, Quality of Care and Community Impact at MedCath Heart Hospitals," is much more comprehensive and provides additional information relating to MedCath's heart hospitals not contained in the recently released report from the United States ...