Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute had the lowest admission rate following outpatient chemotherapy treatment, CMS found.
The Prospective Payment System-Exempt Cancer Hospital Quality Reporting Outcomes dataset evaluated the percentage of patients who received outpatient chemotherapy treatment at exempt cancer hospitals for all cancer types except leukemia who were admitted to the hospital within 30 days after treatment.
Here are the 11 hospitals ranked by hospital admission rates:
1. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute (Seattle): 10.3 percent
2. USC Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital (Lost Angeles): 11 percent
3. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute (Tampa, Fla.): 12 percent
4. University of Miami Health System-Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center: 12.2 percent
4. Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia): 12.2 percent
6. James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute (Columbus, Ohio): 12.3 percent
7. Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, N.Y.): 13.2 percent
8. City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital (Durante, Calif.): 13.4 percent
9. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City): 13.8 percent
10. University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Houston): 13.9 percent
11. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston): 14.4 percent