Hospital rankings: More than meets the eye

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:42 in Health & Medicine

Medicare's pay-for-performance program ranks and rewards hospitals according to how well they meet certain guidelines for clinical care. But researchers at Duke Clinical Research Institute say the program penalizes hospitals that care for the greatest numbers of the poor and needy by not taking into account their greater clinical burden.

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