Receiving a vaccination to prevent pneumonia may prevent you from getting pneumonia or if you do, helps lower the risk of complications that the disease can cause. The vaccination may also help prevent future infections.

Pneumonia can be a life-threatening disease, especially for persons who are 65 years and older. Screening for pneumonia and being vaccinated against it reduces an older person's risk of getting pneumonia.

This measure reports how many patients 65 years and older were screened and vaccinated to prevent pneumonia.

A high score is better than a low score

The chart above shows how Cedars-Sinai's performance on this measure compared with the top 10% of hospitals in the United States, the national average for hospitals, the top 10% of hospitals in California and the California average. These data reflect care given to patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from October through December 2006. The national and California data reflect care given to patients from January through December 2006.