Hospital Compare

Hospital Compare is a website that lets consumers compare the quality of hospital outpatient services. The site is hosted by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

Users can type in a zip code or city and state and specify a general search, a search based on a particular medical condition, or a search based on specific search procedures. Search results will provide comparable data for up to three hospitals. A general search will bring up data on patients’ experiences, the process and outcome of care measures, use and overuse of medical imaging and the volume of Medicare payments.

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The data in Hospital Compare comes from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), another agency within HHS. The AHRQ uses a system of quality indicators to determine the standards of quality health care and publishes its results in an annual survey as well as on Hospital Compare.