|
This list is published on healthsprocket.com at Source URL: https://healthsprocket.com/hs/content/healthgrades-top-five-markets-hospital-care-quality Visit now to read comments, add your own comments and rate this list. |
Fact Based List:
HealthGrades Top Five Markets for Hospital Care Quality
Submitted By Clive Riddle, Created 02/09/2011 - 18:14
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Brownsville, TX
- Dayton, OH
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
- Tucson, AZ
Source: HealthGrades
Source URL: http://www.healthgrades.com
Notes: HealthGrades recently announced a list of hospitals performing in the top 5% nationwide across 26 different medical procedures and diagnoses, then ranked cities by highest percentage of these Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence™. HealthGrades evaluates hospitals solely on patients’ clinical outcomes: risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications. HealthGrades’ analysis is based on approximately 40 million Medicare patient discharges for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.