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Illinois Hospital Report Card

and Consumer Guide to Health Care

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Maternal / Pediatric - All

Pediatric Quality

The pediatric quality measures provide information about potentially preventable complications and adverse events for children treated in hospitals. IDPH uses discharge data provided by hospitals and pediatric inpatient quality indicators provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Read about the Report Card Methodology.

Measure

Maternal Safety and Utilization

Below are measures related to potential in-hospital childbirth complications and adverse events, such as birth trauma. In addition utilization indicators related to child birth procedures are provided. These measures examine procedures whose use varies significantly across hospitals and for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse. Discharge data from hospitals is used to analyze these indicators provided from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Read about the Report Card methodology. For more information on trends in cesarean section delivery, read Trends in Cesarean deliveries in Illinois Hospitals.

Measure

Cesarean Section Delivery

Utilization indicators examine procedures whose use varies significantly across hospitals and for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse. This measure is used to assess the number of hospital-level Cesarean deliveries per 1000 deliveries. (IQI 21)

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266.84 per 1000 pop

Primary Cesarean Delivery Rate

Utilization indicators examine procedures whose use varies significantly across hospitals and for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse. This measure is used to assess the number of Cesarean deliveries per 1000 deliveries in women with no history of previous Cesarean delivery. (IQI 33)

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144.57 per 1000 pop

Uncomplicated Vaginal Births After Cesarean

Utilization indicators examine procedures whose use varies significantly across hospitals and for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse. This measure is used to assess the number of hospital-level Uncomplicated Vaginal deliveries after Cesarean per 1000 deliveries. (IQI 22)

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113.36 per 1000 pop

Breast Feeding

Both babies and mothers gain important benefits from breastfeeding. Breast milk contains antibodies that can protect infants from bacterial and viral infections, and breastfed infants are at lower risk of certain chronic diseases, including diabetes, obesity and asthma. Research indicates that women who breastfeed may also have lower risk of some health problems, including certain breast and ovarian cancers, obesity and diabetes. The breast feeding measures below show the percentage of newborn infants that are exclusively breast fed, exclusively fed formula, or received any breast feeding (either exclusive or in combination with formula) upon release from the hospital.

The information below is obtained from hospitals and submitted to the Illinois Department of Public Health. See Report Card Methodology.

Consumer Tip: You can find information about breast feeding consultant staffing under the Staffing/Beds tab. These consultants are specially trained to provide help with breast feeding to mothers. For more information, read the Surgeon General’s "Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding"

Percentage of babies exclusively breast fed

This measure shows the percentage of newborns discharged from the hospital that are exclusively breast fed

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55%

Percentage of babies exclusively formula fed

This measure shows the percentage of newborns discharged from the hospital that are exclusively fed formula

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9%

Percentage of babies with "any" breast feeding

This measure shows the percentage of newborns discharged from the hospital with "any" breast feeding, including exclusive breast feeding or mixed breast and formula feeding

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90%