Top-rated hospitals don't always have superior outcomes

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 06:56 in Health & Medicine

New research published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that while popular hospital rating systems can help identify high-quality hospitals for cardiovascular operations, patients can achieve similar outcomes by seeking care at high-volume hospitals closer to home...

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