Annual HealthGrades Study Finds Top Hospitals Have 27 Percent Lower Mortality

Medicare patients treated at top-rated hospitals nationwide across the most common Medicare diagnoses and procedures are 27 percent less likely to die, on average, than those admitted to all other hospitals, according to a study released by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. Patients who undergo surgery at these high-performing hospitals also have an average eight percent lower risk of complications during their stay.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on January 27th, 2009