Beebe Medical Center is the safest hospital in Delaware to have a surgery, according to Consumer Reports magazine.
In the September 2013 Issue of Consumer Reports magazine, 2,463 U.S. acute-care or critical-access hospitals are rated according to how well Medicare patients 65 years of age and older fared following surgery between 2009 and 2011. The ratings consider how well hospitals avoided adverse events that lead either to patients staying longer in the hospital for a procedure than expected, or to patients dying. Medicare claims data from 27 categories of common surgeries was analyzed.
Consumer Reports gave five ratings signified by a range of clear and colored circles: the highest; above average; average; below average and the worst. Beebe Medical Center received the only above-average rating in Delaware. Details can be found on the website: www.ConsumerReports.org/hospitalratings<http://www.ConsumerReports.org/hospitalratings>, where the question is asked, “How Safe is Your Hospital?” A subscription is necessary to view the full report.
