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Hospitals in Connecticut with the lowest COPD death rate

26 Connecticut hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Bridgeport Hospital, Greenwich Hospital Association -, Griffin Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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26 hospitals ranked in Connecticut by copd death rate; 10 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport, CT · Acute care6.2%4312.3%8.5%15.6%0.91140 min0.99497Compare
2Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · Acute care6.3%5310.7%6.5%14.7%0.92176 min0.94206Compare
T3Griffin HospitalDerby, CT · Acute care6.6%4411.1%11.6%13.6%1.01165 min0.94160Compare
T3Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT · Acute care6.6%33—13.0%16.1%0.83147 min0.96109Compare
5West Haven VA Medical CenterWest Haven, CT · Veterans Affairs7.2%3412.6%7.4%15.6%1.01——813Compare
6Norwalk HospitalNorwalk, CT · Acute care7.3%3310.9%10.7%14.7%0.98200 min1.00328Compare
7The Hospital Of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT · Acute care7.4%2312.7%12.4%14.6%1.03173 min1.03330Compare
T8Stamford HospitalStamford, CT · Acute care7.5%5311.1%11.6%14.1%0.96200 min1.00305Compare
T8Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · Acute care7.5%539.4%7.1%14.2%0.70198 min0.99874Compare
10Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · Acute care7.6%3311.1%9.7%14.3%1.05131 min0.97280Compare
T11Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · Acute care7.7%429.6%10.8%15.5%0.67269 min1.02819Compare
T11William W Backus HospitalNorwich, CT · Acute care7.7%4311.5%10.2%14.4%0.76174 min0.97213Compare
13Johnson Memorial HospitalStafford Springs, CT · Acute care7.8%33—12.8%16.0%0.97182 min0.9892Compare
T14Danbury HospitalDanbury, CT · Acute care7.9%4312.7%9.4%15.4%0.90209 min1.02345Compare
T14Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic, CT · Acute care7.9%33—11.2%15.2%0.93138 min0.94130Compare
16John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of ConnectFarmington, CT · Acute care8.0%3412.6%12.4%14.8%1.01246 min0.99204Compare
17Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester, CT · Acute care8.1%42—9.5%14.9%0.85223 min0.98249Compare
18Day Kimball HospitalPutnam, CT · Acute care8.2%23—10.5%15.2%0.97221 min1.07104Compare
19Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care8.4%3210.8%11.8%15.5%1.00249 min1.02347Compare
20Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT · Acute care8.5%34—12.7%14.7%0.82159 min0.95275Compare
T21MidState Medical CenterMeriden, CT · Acute care8.9%4312.2%12.2%14.9%0.71220 min1.02144Compare
T21Bristol HospitalBristol, CT · Acute care8.9%23—10.8%16.0%1.12190 min1.06134Compare
T23Sharon HospitalSharon, CT · Acute care9.8%54—11.3%14.3%0.94130 min0.9278Compare
T23St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport, CT · Acute care9.8%4311.0%12.5%14.0%0.88228 min1.03397Compare
25St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford, CT · Acute care9.9%2211.6%11.9%14.8%1.39275 min1.05617Compare
26Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care12.1%2311.7%12.4%14.8%1.18227 min1.03357Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).