Comparing Hospitals

To the Editor: Chen et al. (Jan. 28 issue) 1 found that mortality rates for patients with myocardial infarction were lower at top-ranked hospitals than at others. Although the study was well done, it is premature to conclude that hospital rankings by commercial magazines are valuable. This conclusio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 1999-06, Vol.340 (25), p.2006-2007
Hauptverfasser:	Hartz, A, Graber, M, Doebbeling, B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Hospitals - classification Hospitals - standards Myocardial Infarction - mortality Myocardial Infarction - therapy Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) Quality of Health Care Risk Adjustment United States
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