Data was taken from CMS’ Hospital Compare database, and the rates reflect data measured from July 2009 through June 2012.
The 53 hospitals with pneumonia 30-day mortality rates of 8.4 or lower are:
Portland (Ore.) VA Medical Center — 6.5
Saint Vincent Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 6.7
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) — 6.7
Huntington Memorial Hospital (Pasadena, Calif.) — 6.9
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (Houston) — 6.9
Greater Baltimore Medical Center — 7.0
Centinela Hospital Medical Center (Inglewood, Calif.) — 7.3
Los Angeles Community Hospital — 7.4
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg (Bethlehem, Pa.) — 7.4
NYU Hospitals Center (New York City) — 7.5
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler — 7.6
Centura Health-Littleton (Colo.) Adventist Hospital — 7.7
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, N.Y.) — 7.7
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City) — 7.8
Franklin Woods Community Hospital (Johnson City, Tenn.) — 7.8
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) — 7.9
East Valley Hospital Medical Center (Glendora, Calif.) — 7.9
Indiana University Health (Indianapolis) — 7.9
Casey County Hospital (Liberty, Ky.) — 7.9
VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System (Reno) — 7.9
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center (Las Vegas) — 7.9
Norton (Va.) Community Hospital — 7.9
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (Glendale, Ariz.) — 8.0
Oroville (Calif.) Hospital — 8.0
Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center — 8.0
Tri Valley Health System (Cambridge, Neb.) — 8.0
The Methodist Hospital (Houston) — 8.0
Huntington Beach (Calif.) Hospital — 8.1
Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center — 8.1
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital — 8.1
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare St. Francis (Milwaukee) — 8.1
University of California San Diego Medical Center — 8.2
Desert Valley Hospital (Victorville, Calif.) — 8.2
Hinsdale (Ill.) Hospital — 8.2
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital-Chicago — 8.2
UPMC McKeesport (Pa.) — 8.2
Stafford (Va.) Hospital — 8.2
Scoot & White Hospital-Round Rock (Texas) — 8.2
Tri-City Regional Medical Center (Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.) — 8.3
Providence Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center — 8.3
Mary Greeley Medical Center (Ames, Iowa) — 8.3
MedStar Harbor Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.3
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore) — 8.3
Mount Auburn Hospital (Cambridge, Mass.) — 8.3
Falmouth (Mass.) Hospital — 8.3
St. Peter’s Hospital (Albany, N.Y.) — 8.3
Park Plaza Hospital (Houston) — 8.3
Marion Regional Medical Center (Hamilton, Ala.) — 8.4
White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) — 8.4
Benefis Hospitals (Great Falls, Mont.) — 8.4
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune, N.J.) — 8.4
Trumbull Memorial Hospital (Warren, Ohio) — 8.4
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center (Kirkland, Wash.) — 8.4
