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January 24th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda TUESDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) — Baltimore is the top U.S. city for
hospital care, according to a new report that examined patient death and
complication rates at nearly 5,000 hospitals across the nation.
The report identified hospitals performing in the top 5 percent for 26
different medical procedures and diagnoses, and then ranked cities
according to those with the highest percentage of top-ranked
hospitals.
Baltimore had nine top-performing hospitals out of 19 eligible
hospitals in the city. The other cities in the top 10 were:
Phoenix-Prescott, Ariz.; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Richmond, Va.; Cincinnati;
West Palm Beach, Fla.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; St. Louis; Hartford-New Haven,
Conn.; and Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo, Mich.
Cities in which almost half of their hospitals were top-rated included
Baltimore (47 percent), Phoenix-Prescott (44 percent), Cedar Rapids (43
percent) and Richmond (43 percent), the investigators found.
The report was released Tuesday by HealthGrades, an independent source
of doctor and hospital quality outcomes. The city hospital care rankings
are part of HealthGrades’ 10th annual Hospital Quality and Clinical
Excellence study.
The report also found that top-rated hospitals (Distinguished Hospitals
for Clinical Excellence) were found in 38 states and that the top cities
for hospital quality are found in 26 states.
Medicare patients at top-rated hospitals had a 30 percent lower
risk-adjusted death rate and a nearly 2 percent lower risk-adjusted
in-hospital complication rate compared to patients at all other
hospitals.
If all hospitals performed at the same level as the top-rated
hospitals, the lives of nearly 166,000 Medicare patients could potentially
have been saved and 6,800 in-hospital complications could potentially have
been avoided, according to the report.
Currently, one in seven Medicare patients is harmed as a result of
their hospitalization and many patients actually fear going to the
hospital, according to HealthGrades. Therefore, it’s important to identify
and acknowledge hospitals that provide the best care, the authors of the
report pointed out in a HealthGrades news release.
More information
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers advice about
choosing quality care.
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