HealthGrades: Patients half as likely to die at best hospitals


	HealthGrades: Patients half as likely to die at best hospitals

JackieDel

10-16-2009 5:07 AM

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"If all hospitals performed at the level of a five-star rated hospital across 17 procedures and diagnoses studied for mortality rates, 224,537 lives of Medicare patients could potentially have been saved from 2006 through 2008."

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