What is Delaware Hospital Guide?
DelawareHospitalGuide.org is a consumer-friendly website that provides
useful service and quality information on Delaware hospitals to serve as a
factual starting point for more informed discussion with your hospital,
physician or insurance company. |
Why would I need this information? How is it useful to me?
This information is useful to provide facts about hospitals when you need
healthcare services, if you are new to the area or if you are choosing a new
healthcare plan. Delaware Hospital Guide provides:
- Demographic information, services offered and contact numbers for
hospitals
- Quality data on surgical infections, 30-day mortality and the most
common causes of hospitalization: heart attack, congestive heart failure
and pneumonia
- Patient satisfaction survey information from Hospital CAHPS®
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Where did this information and data come from?
Information on this website was collected by the
American Hospital Directory (ahd.com).
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Where does the individual hospital data come from?
Data are taken from both public and private sources. Public sources include
several files such as Medicare cost reports.
Demographic and service information may also be provided by individual hospitals when public sources are not available.
Quality information comes from Hospital Quality Alliance data, which is also reported on the
Hospital Compare website at
www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov. |
What is MedPAR data?
MedPAR data, which is short for Medicare Provider Analysis and Review, is
information abstracted from the UB04 billings for Medicare. Thus, the only
population represented in the data is the Medicare population. (A UB04 is a
common claim form used by a hospital to bill for services provided to a
patient.) This file is used to determine whether particular services
are provided by a hospital. |
What is a Medicare cost report?
The Medicare Cost Report (MCR) is an annual report required of all
institutions participating in the Medicare program. The MCR records
operational information associated with providing services to all patients. |
What is Hospital CAHPSR?
The intent of the CAHPSR Hospital
Survey, also known as Hospital CAHPSR or
HCAHPS, is to introduce a standardized survey instrument and data collection
methodology for measuring and publicly reporting patients' perspectives of
hospital care. While many hospitals collect information on patient
satisfaction, until the HCAHPS initiative there has been no national
standard for collecting or publicly reporting information that would allow
valid comparisons to be made across hospitals. |
What if I don't know the meaning of a term used on this website?
Visit the
definitions page on this website. |
What if I can't find a hospital?
The initial version of Delaware Hospital Guide includes all
short-term, acute care hospitals in the state but does not include
rehabilitation, psychiatric, or specialty hospitals. |
What is Medicaid?
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs
for some people with low incomes and limited resources. |
What is Medicare?
Medicare is a health insurance program for people age 65 or older or under
65 years of age with certain disabilities, or End-Stage Renal Disease
(permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a kidney transplant). |
