50 hospitals with the lowest rates of ED visits for chemotherapy patients

New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital had the lowest rate of ED visits for cancer patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2023, according to CMS data published Feb. 19. 

CMS data reflects the rate of patients who visited the ED within 30 days of outpatient chemotherapy for anemia, dehydration, diarrhea, emesis, fever, nausea, neutropenia, pain, pneumonia or sepsis. 

Here are the 50 hospitals with the 10 lowest ED visit rates of outpatient chemotherapy patients:

1. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City): 3.1
   
   
2. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles): 3.2
   
   
3. Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights, Ohio): 3.3
   
   
4. Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital: 3.5
   
   
5. The University of Chicago Medical Center: 3.5
   
   
6. Valley Hospital (Paramus, N.J.): 3.5
   
   
7. NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City): 3.5
   
   
8. St. Francis Hospital (Tulsa, Okla.): 3.6
   
   
9. Swedish Hospital (Chicago): 3.7
   
   
10. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (New Brunswick, N.J.): 3.7
    
    
11. Mission Hospital (Asheville, N.C.): 3.7
    
    
12. Mary Washington Hospital (Fredericksburg, Va.): 3.7
    
    
13. Banner—University Medical Center Tucson (Ariz.): 3.8
    
    
14. St. Elizabeth Edgewood (Ky.): 3.8
    
    
15. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): 3.8
    
    
16. University of California Irvine Medical Center (Orange): 3.9
    
    
17. Hartford (Conn.) Hospital: 3.9
    
    
18. Orlando (Fla.) Health : 3.9
    
    
19. Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center: 3.9
    
    
20. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston): 3.9
    
    
21. Henry Ford Health Hospital (Detroit): 3.9
    
    
22. Cleveland Clinic: 3.9
    
    
23. Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo, Calif.): 4.0
    
    
24. UW Health SwedishAmerican (Rockford, Ill.): 4.0
    
    
25. Baystate Medical Center (Springfield, Mass.): 4.0
    
    
26. St. Peter’s Health (Helena, Mont.): 4.0
    
    
27. Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch, N.J.): 4.0
    
    
28. Rochester (N.Y) General Hospital: 4.0
    
    
29. Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital: 4.0
    
    
30. Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.): 4.0
    
    
31. Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (Philadelphia): 4.0
    
    
32. Baptist Medical Center South (Montgomery, Ala.): 4.1
    
    
33. Providence St. Joseph Medical Center (Burbank, Calif.): 4.1
    
    
34. Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital: 4.1
    
    
35. Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida (Miami Beach): 4.1
    
    
36. Cleveland Clinic Florida (Weston): 4.1
    
    
37. Rush University Medical Center (Chicago): 4.1
    
    
38. University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (Chicago): 4.1
    
    
39. Cape Cod Hospital (Hyannis, Mass.): 4.1
    
    
40. SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital—St. Louis (Richmond Heights, Mo.): 4.1
    
    
41. St. Luke’s Hospital (Chesterfield, Mo.): 4.1
    
    
42. Ocean Medical Center (Brick, N.J.): 4.1
    
    
43. Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune, N.J.): 4.1
    
    
44. Montefiore Medical Center (New York City): 4.1
    
    
45. St. Francis Hospital—The Heart Center (Roslyn, N.Y.): 4.1
    
    
46. Long Island Jewish Medical Center (New Hyde Park, N.Y.): 4.1
    
    
47. UNC Hospitals (Chapel Hill, N.C.): 4.1
    
    
48. UPMC Altoona (Pa.): 4.1
    
    
49. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center—Temple (Texas): 4.1
    
    
50. CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center (Houston): 4.1