Cost Procedures

The cost information was collected by the State of Maine's all-payer claims database (APCD) and represents claims from January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017.

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Quality Measures

More bars are better. The more bars a facility has, the better they did at creating a positive patient experience, preventing serious complications, and preventing healthcare-associated infections.

Patient Experience uses data from the Hospital CAHPS. The Hospital CAHPS data are from October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017. The MHDO is currently exploring options for updating the Patient-Centered Medical Homes and CG CAHPS patient experience data for a future release. Read more about this data and the methodology

Preventing Serious Complications uses data from the Federal Agency for Health Research & Quality's Patient Safety Indicators collected during October 1, 2015 – June 30, 2017. A facility's rating is the rate per 1,000 eligible hospital discharges. A lower number is better. Read more about this data and the methodology

Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections uses data collected by the Federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for the October 1, 2016 – September 30, 2017 reporting period. A facility's rating is the ratio of the number of infections in a facility over the expected number of infections. A lower number is better. Read more about this data and the methodology

CompareMaine reports performance ratings using Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR), which adjusts for differences in the characteristics of hospitals and patients. A SIR greater than 1.0 means that there were more HAIs in a facility than were predicted. A SIR lower than 1.0 indicates the facility had fewer HAIs than were predicted.