Death Rate 70 Percent Lower At Top-rated Hospitals: HealthGrades Annual Hospital Quality Study
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 01:21
in Health & Medicine
Patients have on average a 70 percent lower chance of dying at the nation's top-rated hospitals compared with the lowest-rated hospitals across 17 procedures and conditions analyzed in the eleventh annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study, issued today by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. Based on the study, HealthGrades today made available its 2009 quality ratings for all nonfederal hospitals in the country at www.healthgrades.com.
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