Lown Institute Hospital Index
The Lown Institute has created a hospital index that evaluates hospitals’ performance based on how well they treat their patients, their commitment to providing high-value care, and their investment in community health.
The Lown Institute is a nonpartisan think tank. The hospitals index is the first to measure how well hospitals serve people of color and people with lower incomes, examine how well a hospital’s staff are paid compared to executives, and assess how nonprofit hospitals are spending their tax-exempt dollars.
The index includes rankings by hospital name, location, type, and other metrics. It is based on Medicare claims data and includes a white paper describing the methodology used, as well as featured insights--like this one addressing disparities in patient outcomes at safety net hospitals.
To go to the hospital index, click here.
To go to the methodology paper, click here.
To go to the featured insights, click here.
