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Exhibit 2. Number of procedures stratified by hospital and types between 2008 and 2009

			DH		IH		VA SLC		VVMC*
Procedure			Num.	% Proc.	Num.	% Proc.	Num.	% Proc.	Num.	% Proc.
CABG	Total Procedures		0		1845		78		0
		Superficial SSI	0		12	0.7%	3	3.8%	0
		Deep SSI	0		7	0.4%	0	0.0%	0
		Organ-Space SSI	0		1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0
	Total SSI		0		20	1.1%	3	3.8%	0
HERNIA	Total Procedures		898		1059		237		294
		Superficial SSI	4	0.4%	0	0.0%	2	0.8%	1	0.3%
		Deep SSI	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
		Organ-Space SSI	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%
	Total SSI		7	0.8%	0	0.0%	3	1.3%	1	0.3%
THA	Total Procedures		268		2810		90		137
		Superficial SSI	2	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
		Deep SSI	2	0.7%	5	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%
		Organ-Space SSI	3	1.1%	3	0.1%	2	2.2%	0	0.0%
	Total SSI		7	2.6%	8	0.3%	2	2.2%	1	0.7%
TKA	Total Procedures		232		7897		163		421
		Superficial SSI	1	0.4%	6	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
		Deep SSI	2	0.9%	7	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
		Organ-Space SSI	1	0.4%	2	0.0%	1	0.6%	0	0.0%
	Total SSI		4	1.7%	15	0.2%	1	0.6%	1	0.2%

DH = Denver Health, IH = Intermountain Health, VA, SLC = VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, VVMC = Vail Valley Medical Center, % Proc = percent of total procedures, CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting, HERNIA = herniorrhaphy, THA = total hip arthroplasty, TKA = total knee arthroplasty.
* From 2007 to 2009.

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