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SPOTLIGHT: Big death gap between high, low-ranked hospitals
October 18, 2007 — 5:59am ET
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Everyone knows that there's a big gap between the best- and worst-performing organizations in any industry, but this is a striking one. In this case, a new study has found a whopping gap in Medicare death rates (71 percent) between low- and high-performing hospitals. Article
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