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    DAtlas FIMDM Data Table 2-24-11

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    This document summarizes medical procedure and testing rates for various geographic regions in the United States based on an analysis of Medicare patients from 2003-2007 and 2008. It lists the highest and lowest referral regions for several common procedures like mastectomy, coronary artery bypass surgery, back surgery, joint replacements, and prostate cancer screening. It also includes national average rates for comparison. The data is from the Dartmouth Atlas Project which is run by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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    This document summarizes medical procedure and testing rates for various geographic regions in the United States based on an analysis of Medicare patients from 2003-2007 and 2008. It lists the highest and lowest referral regions for several common procedures like mastectomy, coronary artery bypass surgery, back surgery, joint replacements, and prostate cancer screening. It also includes national average rates for comparison. The data is from the Dartmouth Atlas Project which is run by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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    DAtlas FIMDM Data Table 2-24-11

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    EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01am ET, FEBRUARY 24, 2011

    Media Contacts:
    Eva Fowler Deborah Kimbell
    (202) 261-2868, eva.fowler@mslgroup.com (603) 653-0877, deborah.kimbell@dartmouth.edu

    Highest Hospital 2nd Highest Hospital Lowest Hospital 2nd Lowest Hospital National
    Procedure/Test
    Referral Region Referral Region Referral Region Referral Region Average
    Lawton, OK; Sioux City,
    Rate of mastectomy per 1,000 female Medicare patients Victoria, TX Muncie, IN Lebanon, NH
    IA; Tupelo, MS; 1.1
    (2003-07) (2.5) (0.3) (0.4)
    Bismarck, ND (2.0)
    Rate of coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) per McAllen, TX Mobile, AL Pueblo, CO Honolulu, HI;
    4.6
    1,000 Medicare patients (2003-07) (8.9) (8.5) (1.9) Grand Junction, CO (2.1)

    Rate of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) per Elyria, OH Davenport, IA Honolulu, HI Reno, NV
    11.3
    1,000 Medicare patients (2003-07) (37.3) (24.5) (3.6) (5.1)

    Rate of back surgery per 1,000 Medicare patients Casper, WY Bend, OR Honolulu, HI; Newark, NJ
    4.3
    (2003-07) (10.0) (8.6) Bronx, NY (1.7) (1.8)

    Rate of knee replacement per 1,000 Medicare patients Lincoln, NE Sioux City, IA Honolulu, HI Manhattan, NY
    8.0
    (2003-07) (13.8) (12.8) (2.9) (3.7)

    Rate of hip replacement per 1,000 Medicare patients Sioux City, IA; Fargo, ND/ Honolulu, HI McAllen, TX
    3.3
    (2003-07) St. Cloud, MN (5.3) Moorhead, MN (5.2) (1.0) (1.3)

    Rate of carotid endarterectomy per 1,000 Medicare Beaumont, TX Houma, LA Honolulu, HI San Jose, CA
    2.7
    patients (2003 (6.0) (5.5) (0.5) (1.0)

    Rate of cholecystectomy per 1,000 Medicare patients McAllen, TX Florence, SC Mason City, IA Worcester, MA;
    4.0
    (2003-07) (6.8) (6.5) (2.4) Lebanon, NH (2.5)

    Rate of TURP for BPH per 1,000 male Medicare Idaho Falls, ID Panama City, FL Terre Haute, IN Scranton, PA
    4.3
    patients (2003-07) (9.5) (8.9) (1.7) (1.9)

    Rate of radical prostatectomy per 1,000 male Medicare San Luis Obispo, CA Lansing, MI; Albany, GA; York, PA;
    1.4
    patients (2003-07) (3.8) Traverse City, MI (3.2) Elyria, OH (0.3) Pueblo, CO (0.4)

    Percent of male Medicare patients age 68-74 receiving Wilmington, NC Sun City, AZ Minot, ND Lebanon, NH
    35.0%
    PSA testing (2008) (55.1%) (55.0%) (5.4 %) (6.2%)

    The Dartmouth Atlas Project is run by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and principally funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. A link to the full report, Improving
    Patient Decision-Making in Health Care: A 2011 Dartmouth Atlas Report Highlighting Minnesota, and both national and regional data tables can be found at www.dartmouthatlas.org.

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