Study: Death Rate Lower At Top Hospitals


	Study: Death Rate Lower At Top Hospitals

trutheness

10-14-2008 10:31 PM

196 views

trutheness says:

...a 70 percent lower chance of dying!

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from October 14, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3c124501-9974-472e-84fa-35d1a23f590b/6B78393B-FB68-4CA9-85C2-8EBD2DCFA986/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ktvu.com/health/17710458/detail.html?treets=fran&tml=fran_12pm&ts=T&tmi=fran_12pm_1_02000810142008" href="http://www.ktvu.com/health/17710458/detail.html?treets=fran&tml=fran_12pm&ts=T&tmi=fran_12pm_1_02000810142008" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ktvu.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ktvu.com/health/17710458/detail.html?treets=fran&tml=fran_12pm&ts=T&tmi=fran_12pm_1_02000810142008"><H1 class="Headline">Study: Death Rate Lower At Top Hospitals</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ktvu.com/health/17710458/detail.html?treets=fran&tml=fran_12pm&ts=T&tmi=fran_12pm_1_02000810142008"><H2 class="SubHead"><I>Report Says 237,000 Medicare Deaths Could Have Been Prevented</I></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ktvu.com/health/17710458/detail.html?treets=fran&tml=fran_12pm&ts=T&tmi=fran_12pm_1_02000810142008">A new study shows patients have on average a 70 percent lower chance of dying at the nation's top-rated hospitals compared with the lowest-rated hospitals.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ktvu.com/health/17710458/detail.html?treets=fran&tml=fran_12pm&ts=T&tmi=fran_12pm_1_02000810142008">The study also found that if all hospitals performed at the level of five-star rated hospitals, 237,420 Medicare deaths could have been prevented over the three years studied. More than half of those deaths were associated with four conditions: sepsis (a life-threatening illness caused by systemic response to infection), pneumonia, heart failure and respiratory failure.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ktvu.com/health/17710458/detail.html?treets=fran&tml=fran_12pm&ts=T&tmi=fran_12pm_1_02000810142008">The study is also the basis for HealthGrades' 2009 quality ratings for all nonfederal hospitals in the country. The ratings are available at <A href="http://www.healthgrades.com" target="_blank">www.healthgrades.com</A>, a Web site designed to help individuals research and compare local healthcare providers.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6B78393B-FB68-4CA9-85C2-8EBD2DCFA986/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips