CMS calculates C. diff incidence ratio by dividing the number of infections a facility is predicted to have with the number of infections it reports.
The 10 facilities with the highest C. diff ratios as reported by CMS are:
- EAMC-Lanier (Valley, Ala.): 3.327
- Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Healthcare System: 2.96
- AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center Chicago: 2.792
- Riverside Hospital DPU (Alexandria, La.): 2.743
- Presbyterian Intercommunity (Whittier, Calif.): 2.333
- St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Hospital (Chesterfield, Mo.): 2.154
- Dominican Hospital (Santa Cruz, Calif.): 2.147
- Danbury (Conn.) Hospital: 2.066
- MercyOne Waterloo (Iowa) Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation: 2.026
- Riverview Hospital (Noblesville, Ind.): 1.966
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