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Florida Health Statistics "The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) makes available data on hospital prices and performance on their Internet Web site at http://www.floridahealthstat.com/. Pricing and performance data provided by AHCA are a compilation of charges for the average patient and your bill may vary from the average depending upon the severity of your illness and your individual care needs." Warning to Consumers Comparative quality data available through http://www.floridahealthstat.com/ contains information about complications that may be misleading to consumers seeking to compare quality among hospitals. Conditions that were present on admission to the hospital are included as if they were complications of care at the hospital. For example,"post-operative hip fractures" includes patients who broke a hip as a result of an automobile accident. "Infections related to medical care" includes patients who come to the hospital for infections developed in the community. More accurate data comparing hospitals is available in either
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