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New Jersey 2008 Hospital Performance Report
The State's fifth annual report on hospital performance ranks the performance of the state's hospitals in delivering quality treatment including measures for heart attack, pneumonia, heart failure, and improving surgical care. The report also provides useful information about these conditions as well as helpful consumer advice.

Archived Reports
2007 through 2004 Hospital Performance Reports.



2008 New Jersey HMO Performance Report: Compare Your Choices
The twelfth annual report containing useful information on choosing a health plan, including a comparison of the performance of NJ's managed care plans and how consumers rate them.

Archived Reports
Past New Jersey HMO Reports dating back to 1997.


Cardiac Surgery in NJ (pdf 1.27MB)

Cardiac Surgery in New Jersey 2004 [pdf 1.27 MB]
The nineth report on coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, comparing inpatient death rates for the 17 NJ hospitals and the physicians performing this procedure in 2004.

Archived Reports
Past New Jersey Cardiac Surgery reports dating back to 1994.


Nursing Home Report Card Nursing Home Report Card
New Jersey's Nursing Home Report Card has been replaced by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Five Star Rating system, Nursing Home Compare. This system includes a rating structure, which allows comparison of federally certified Nursing Homes in New Jersey and across the country.

Bariatric Surgery in NJ report [pdf 3.8MB]

Bariatric Surgery in New Jersey 2005 [pdf 3.8mb]
In August 2004, DHSS appointed a 21 member Bariatric Work Group to study issues related to bariatric surgery. This second report is based on patients who had bariatric surgery in 2005 regardless of discharge date and examines severity, mortality, readmissions, complications, length of stay and other indicators.

Archived Report
Report and Recommendations of the Bariatric Work Group


Inpatient Quality Indicators, July 2007 (pdf, 1.1 MB) Inpatient Quality Indicators, July 2007 [pdf 1.1 mb]
This report applies the AHRQ Inpatient Quality Indicators software tool to 2005 New Jersey hospital discharge data.

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