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October 17, 2005
Healthgrades study: New hospital ratings show wide 'quality chasm'
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:
A typical patient has a 65 percent lower chance of dying at the nation's highest-rated hospitals compared with the lowest-rated hospitals, in 18 common procedures and diagnoses, according to a large-scale study released today by HealthGrades. That "quality chasm," the HealthGrades study shows, is growing, as the nation's best-performing hospitals lowered their mortality rates 45 percent faster than the poorest-performing hospitals over the same time period. Read more from this post.
Posted on October 17, 2005 11:06 PM
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