A Comparative Study of Severity, Quality of Care, and Community Impact at MedCath Heart Hospitals: Executive Summary
September 2006
MedCath Corporation
For MedCath, Inc., The Lewin Group prepared a report to determine how cardiac care services provided in MedCath heart hospitals compare on measures of patient severity, quality and community impact to cardiac services provided in peer community hospitals across the country that perform open-heart surgery. The Lewin Group has also conducted similar studies in 2002, 2003 and 2004. An executive summary of each study is posted on the MedCath website.