UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER DOWN
IOWA CITY, IA · Voluntary non-profit - Church · Acute Care Hospitals
What this means
On all 17 quality measures with a national comparison, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER DOWN performs no differently from the national average — it performs like a typical U.S. hospital, with no measure that beats the country and none that lags it. 6 hospitals in IA score higher on patient experience (below).
The receipts are below — the CMS star (a model), patient experience, the measure-by-measure record, and the higher-experience hospitals near you.
CMS overall star rating
MODELED A 1–5 star CMS computes from dozens of measures — an authority's model, not a single measured fact.
Among 3,182 U.S. hospitals CMS gave an overall star, this one is rated 4★ — 42% of rated hospitals score this high or higher. (3★ is the most common rating.)
Patient experience (HCAHPS)
MODELED Average HCAHPS survey star — how patients rated their care.
Measures vs. the national average
RECORDED CMS's published comparison of this hospital's measures against the national benchmark.
Of 17 measures with a national comparison (the hospital reports 124 in total; the rest have no national comparison or too little data). “No different” means it performs like the typical U.S. hospital on that measure — neither a reason to choose it nor to avoid it. “Worse” is the signal worth asking about.
Hospitals in IA with better patient experience
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER DOWN's patient-experience rating is 2.9★ (HCAHPS). These IA hospitals score higher — the gap is shown.
Ranked by recorded HCAHPS patient-experience score (how patients actually rated their care) — the comparison a patient can act on.
What these figures mean
- MODELED — the overall + HCAHPS stars are CMS's model; two hospitals with the same stars can differ.
- RECORDED — the measure-vs-national counts are CMS's published comparisons.
- CONTEXT — the curve and peer list are our re-tally for orientation, not a verdict.
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What this is — and is not
This is published CMS Care Compare data — the same facts CMS shows the public. It informs and compares; it does not tell you which hospital is right for your specific condition or procedure (that is a decision for you and your clinician), and a star rating is not a guarantee of your outcome. For a specific procedure, ask about that hospital's volume and results for it.
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CCN 160029 · Source: CMS Care Compare (Hospital General Information + measures).