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Quality Matters Understanding your risk IN KALAMAZOO, MI Your choice matters The truth is that patients having surgery in hospitals rated 5-stars will have a lower risk of experiencing a complication or death than if they were treated in hospital rated as 1 star in the following 6 common surgical procedures. 72.1 % 86.0 % 59.5 % 56.6 % 72.7 % 67.2 % BARIATRIC SURGERY † CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT* HYSTERECTOMY ‡ PACEMAKER PROCEDURES* TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT* TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT* YOU CAN CONTROL YOU CAN’T CONTROL Where you live may affect your risk, based on having better (or worse) access to high quality hospitals The hospital most convenient for you may not be the best for your surgery Location, location, location! Every procedure or surgery has a risk of a negative outcome (complications or death). And each individual’s risk is different. There are risk factors that you can control and others you cannot. Age Gender Medical History Physician Hospital Before any surgery, understand your risks Healthgrades Risk IQ Tool can help The choice and location of your: The new Healthgrades Risk IQ Tool provides an easy way to understand your personal risk. The Risk IQ Tool helps you make better care decisions and select the hospital where you are most likely to have a successful outcome. Reduction in complications 10x LOW You may have several excellent choices nearby In some cases, the highest quality hospital for your surgery may be farther from home In Kalamazoo, MI 100% of patients having Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery have to drive more than 25 miles to get to a hospital rated as 5-stars of Americans have to drive further than 5 miles to get to any hospital * Based on 50 major markets and 6 studied procedures Reduce Your Risk STEPS TO TAKE TO Use Healthgrades to choose a hospital with the best outcomes (rated 5-stars) and a doctor with the most experience in the specific procedure you need Calculate your personal risk using Healthgrades Risk IQ Tool The Top Performers IN KALAMAZOO, MI Healthgrades produces a detailed report on risk-adjusted complication and mortality rates in America’s hospitals by analyzing 3 years of data for : Plus, the research this year includes an analysis of relative convenience to hospitals in general, and to hospitals demonstrating superior outcomes in 6 common procedure categories. How Healthgrades Measures Hospital Performance 4,500 32 7 Short-term, acute care U.S. hospitals Conditions and procedures using Medicare data Procedures using All-Payer state data *Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2013 through 2015 and represent 3-year estimates for Medicare patients only †Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of All-Payer data for years 2011 through 2013 and represent 3-year estimates for patients in 13 states for which all payer data was made available ‡Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of All-Payer data for years 2012 through 2014 and represent 3-year estimates for patients in 17 states for which all payer data was made available Learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality: www.healthgrades.com/quality/hospital-ratings-awards YOUR RISK YOUR RESULTS Expected lower rate of complications or mortality at a hospital rated 5-stars: 28 % ONLY Top performing hospitals for the following 4 common surgical procedures include: * In this category there are no hospitals rated 5-stars in your area. Therefore, hospitals rated 3-stars are listed. Borgess Medical Center Pacemaker Procedures Total Hip Replacement* Borgess Medical Center Bronson Methodist Hospital South Haven Health System Coronary Artery Bypass Graft* Borgess Medical Center Bronson Methodist Hospital Total Knee Replacement Borgess Medical Center Bronson Methodist Hospital
