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Mortality rates can sway hospital ratings
Hospitals often debate hospital rankings based on patient mortality rates, specifically which hospital is accountable for a death if multiple facilities care for that patient. For example, if a
Hospitals need better ranking for mortality, readmissions
Following a study that found hospital rankings and mortality rates are statistically imprecise and based on chance comes new research that two hospital ranking methods are only moderately correlated
Study: Patients safer in top-rated hospitals
Patients in a top-rated hospital are 46 percent less likely to experience medical errors compared to those treated in a bottom-ranked hospital, concludes a study of patient safety in U.S hospitals by
Hospital rankings by U.S. News & World Report rely on reputation rather than quality, safety
The highly touted " Best hospitals " list published annually by U.S. News & World Report places too much stock on a hospital's reputation and too little on such subjective criteria as quality of
