Number of deaths among chronically ill patients living in region
Hospital care intensity index (standardized ratio of inpatient days and inpatient visits)
Payments for physician visits per decedent
RNs required under proposed federal standards
Medical & surgical unit days per decedent*
Percent of deaths that included an ICU admission
Percent of patient seeing 10 or more different physicians*
Number of different physicians seen per decedent*
Average co-payments per decedent during the last two years of life