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Introduction

• A Message from the MHA

About This Report

• What's New in This Year's Report
• About the Hospital Performance Data
• Selection of Indicators
• How and Why the Information is Adjusted
• About Health Status and Health Care
• Where From Here?

Michigan Hospitals by the Numbers

• Changes in Health Care Delivery
• Community Benefits
• Spending on Health Care
• Health Risk Behaviors

Part One: Community Benefits -
Building Healthy Communities

• Who Participated
• Defining Community Commitment
• The MHA Hospital Community Benefits Survey
• How Do We Stack Up?
• Telling the Community Value Story

Part Two: Hospital Performance Data

• Section A - General Indicators
  • Public Health Data
  • A-1: Selected Medical Cases
  • Four-Year Trends
  • A-2: Selected Surgical Cases
  • Four-Year Trends

• Section B - Selected Obstetrical Rates
  • Public Health Data
  • Selected Obstetrical Rates
  • Four-Year Trends

• Section C - Cardiac Indicators
  • Public Health Data
  • C-1: Nonsurgical Heart Cases
  • Four-Year Trends
  • C-2: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts
  • Four-Year Trends
  • C-3: Valve Repairs
  • Four-Year Trends

• Section D - Joint Replacement Indicators
  • D-1: Total Hip Replacements
  • Four-Year Trends
  • D-2: Total Knee Replacements
  • Four-Year Trends

Part Three: Selected Financial Indicators

• Explanation of Selected Financial Indicators
• Financial Section Introduction
• The Financial Environment in Health Care
• 1996 Medicare Information
• Hospital Financial Status

Appendices

• Questions and Answers
• Information is Critical for the Health Care Consumer
• Health Care Consumer
• Managed Care: Understanding What You Need to Know
• Helping You Choose a Hospital
• What is a Hospital?
• For More Information
• Technical Description and Methodology for Performance Data
• Glossary of Terms
• Hospitals Not Reporting