81. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Income < $25K
Income $25-50K
Income > $50K
Black and White Boston Residents
Who are Overweight or Obese by
Income
82. 40% 50% 60% 70%
Income < $25K
Income $25-50K
Income > $50K
Black and White Boston Residents
Who are Overweight or Obese by
Income
83.
84.
85. Atlanta Palo Alto
Annual # Cases 25,000 21,000
Case Mix Index
Average Length of Stay 5.5 Days 5.5 Days
Average Charge per Case $40,000 $100,000
Median Charge per Case $20,000 $40,000
86. “Anything you can do
with a pie chart you can
do better with a bar
chart.”
Data Visualization Club
Mantra
89. The U.S. federal government has pegged the
cost of readmissions for
Medicare patients (65 and older) alone at
$26 billion annually
$17 billion
of it pays for unplanned readmissions that may
not happen if patients get the right care.
90. The overall readmission rate for those
65 and older in the U.S. is about
15% annually
and in New Zealand for the same
population it’s about
10% annually