The Fraser Institute's Hospital Report Card: British Columbia provides an invaluable tool that patients and the general public can use to stimulate improvements in the quality of health services by measuring the performance of British Columbia's 95 acute care hospitals.

The 39 indicators of in-hospital quality of care information contained in the Hospital Report Card analyze over 3 million patient records over the period from 2001/2002 to 2008/2009. The two new experimental indicators adapted by the Fraser Institute analyze these records for the years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009.

Data from all 95 of British Columbia's acute care hospitals are included in the report. A news release summarizing the report card and the current results was issued on July 7, 2011.

Please refer to the files below for further information:

1. Complete publication (PDF)
2. Overview and Observations (PDF)
3. Methodological Appendices (PDF)
4. FAQs and References (PDF)
5. British Columbia Hospital data (ZIP)

Links to Other Helpful Websites

1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicator modules
2. Information of Risk Adjustment software: 3M™ All Patient Refined DRG (APR-DRG) and CMS-DRG Software
3. Other similar reports:
   • New York
   • Colorado
   • Texas
   • Norton Healthcare
   • Ontario
   • Oregon
   • Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio
   • Hospital Report Research Collaborative
   • Manitoba
   • Health Care Report Card Compendium
4. Canadian Institute for Health Information