Hospital ratings show sharp differences in safety, chance of dying

By Sharon Begley, NEW YORK.  (Reuters) – An analysis of government data on hospital safety, including how likely patients are to die of avoidable surgical complications, shows that hospitals vary markedly on these measures and that patients are at higher risk in some nationally-known facilities than at tiny hospitals little known outside their rural communities. The…...

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