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Hospital patients have a lesser chance of dying when they receive treatment at hospitals ranked higher in quality, according to a study released Monday by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.
“Picking a hospital where you are going to live or die is an incredibly important decision,” said Jha, who is an assistant professor of health policy and management at the School of Public Health.
The team used statistics from the Hospital Quality Alliance to rank hospital quality, collecting data from almost 90 percent of the nation’s hospitals that treat the three medical conditions measured, according to Jha.
The study did not measure overall hospital quality, but instead looked specifically at the care received by patients suffering from heart attacks, congestive heart failure, and pneumonia—three of the most common medical conditions.
At this point, researchers have a good picture of what young patients can expect in the first decade after cancer treatment. But "what we don't know is what happens to people as they age further out, 20 to 30 years beyond that," says Dr. Charles Sklar of Memorial Sloan...