{"meta":{"dataset":"hospital-safety","title":"Hospital patient-safety ratings by state and county: PSI 90 and healthcare-associated infections (CMS Care Compare)","version":"1.0.0","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.23792821","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23792821","conceptDoi":"10.5281/zenodo.23792820","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Source: Probative, Hospital patient-safety ratings by state and county: PSI 90 and healthcare-associated infections (CMS Care Compare), version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23792821, licensed CC BY 4.0.","citation":"Probative. (2026). Hospital patient-safety ratings by state and county: PSI 90 and healthcare-associated infections (CMS Care Compare) (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23792821","disclaimer":"Not legal advice. These are CMS ratings of hospitals against a national benchmark, computed from claims and infection reports. They are not findings about the care any patient received, and a rating of worse than the benchmark does not mean an error occurred. Claims and deadlines for a hospital injury are for your own counsel.","notice":"Probative is a marketing firm, not a law firm; not legal advice.","lastChecked":"2026-10-30","url":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/v1/hospital-safety/jurisdictions/AK.json","humanUrl":"https://probativegrowth.com/data/hospital-safety/","statusCodes":{"P":"primary source","S":"secondary source","D":"ABA model default","U":"open question"}},"key":"AK","records":[{"id":"hospital-safety:AK","dataset":"hospital-safety","jurisdiction":"AK","level":"state","stateName":"Alaska","status":"P","text":"Alaska: 23 hospitals in Care Compare; on the PSI 90 patient-safety composite CMS rates 2 hospitals worse and 0 better than the national benchmark (5 no different); statewide infection ratios against the national benchmark of 1.0: central line 0.888, urinary catheter 0.811, MRSA 0.663, C. difficile 0.377.","value":23,"unit":"hospitals in CMS Care Compare","hospitals":23,"psi90_rated":7,"psi90_worse":2,"psi90_same":5,"psi90_better":0,"hai_rated":32,"hai_worse":2,"hai_same":23,"hai_better":7,"cms_psi90_better":0,"cms_psi90_same":5,"cms_psi90_worse":2,"hai1_sir":0.888,"hai1_lower":0.582,"hai1_upper":1.301,"hai2_sir":0.811,"hai2_lower":0.521,"hai2_upper":1.208,"hai3_sir":1.057,"hai3_lower":0.655,"hai3_upper":1.62,"hai4_sir":1.844,"hai4_lower":0.586,"hai4_upper":4.448,"hai5_sir":0.663,"hai5_lower":0.378,"hai5_upper":1.087,"hai6_sir":0.377,"hai6_lower":0.278,"hai6_upper":0.5,"effectiveFrom":"2022-07-01","effectiveTo":"2025-09-30","sources":[{"label":"CMS Care Compare, Complications and Deaths and Healthcare Associated Infections (Provider Data Catalog)","url":"https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/topics/hospitals","kind":"primary","accessed":"2026-10-30"}],"source":{"agency":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","url":"https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/topics/hospitals","table":"Provider Data Catalog datasets ynj2-r877, bs2r-24vh, 77hc-ibv8, k2ze-bqvw","file":"four CSV files","release":"Care Compare data modified 2026-09-10; 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