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October 1995 America's Best Hospitals
Find the hospital that's best for you—wherever you are, whatever your needs

Choosing the best hospital just got a lot easier. This comprehensive guide, compiled by the editors of U.S. News & World Report, ranks all of the nation's major hospitals in 16 different medical specialties.

Expanding on U.S. News' authoritative "Best Hospitals" annual guide, America's Best Hospitals is based on in-depth research developed exclusively for U.S. News by the National Opinion Research Center, a social-science research affiliate of the University of Chicago. The hospital rankings combine statistics about each hospital with its reputation among top physicians to yield an overall score for each facility.

America's Best Hospitals—

  • Ranks hospitals nationally in 16 specialty areas:
  • AIDS Ophthalmology
  • Cancer Orthopedics
  • Cardiology Otolaryngology
  • Endocrinology Pediatrics
  • Gastroenterology Psychiatry
  • Geriatrics Rehabilitation
  • Gynecology Rheumatology
  • Neurology Urology
  • Ranks hospitals state by state and in 10 key metropolitan areas, in 12 specialties
  • Includes vital statistics about patient care—like mortality rates, the ratio of nurses to beds, discharge planning, the availability of medical technology, and other key data
  • Provides practical guidance for getting admitted to the top hospitals, arranging for payment, and other pressing issues confronting anyone facing a trip to the hospital

Whether you're faced with an illness, need to schedule elective surgery, or simply want peace of mind should an emergency strike, America's Best Hospitals has everything you need to make a safe, informed decision regarding healthcare facilities.

U.S. News & World Report has a circulation of almost 2.3 million, and an estimated readership of 11 million. It is the only newsweekly with "News You Can Use."


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This invaluable guide examines each of the nation's 1,488 tertiary care centers. It ranks hospitals, state-by-state, and in 10 metropolitan areas, in 16 specialties from AIDS to Urology. Provides pertinent information on reputational score, morality rate, ratio of nurses and doctors to patients, inpatient operations to bed ratio, discharge planning, new health care reforms and much more. Features advice on when a top hospital can make a difference, how to get admitted to a top hospital, when local alternatives are just as good, the importance of nurses, and six other related topics.

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Find the hospital that's best for you--wherever you are, whatever your needs

Choosing the best hospital just got a lot easier. This comprehensive guide, compiled by the editors of U.S. News & World Report, ranks all of the nation's major hospitals in 16 different medical specialties.

Expanding on U.S. News' authoritative "Best Hospitals" annual guide, America's Best Hospitals is based on in-depth research developed exclusively for U.S. News by the National Opinion Research Center, a social-science research affiliate of the University of Chicago. The hospital rankings combine statistics about each hospital with its reputation among top physicians to yield an overall score for each facility.

America's Best Hospitals--Ranks hospitals nationally in 16 specialty areas: AIDS Ophthalmology Cancer Orthopedics Cardiology Otolaryngology Endocrinology Pediatrics Gastroenterology Psychiatry Geriatrics Rehabilitation Gynecology Rheumatology Neurology Urology Ranks hospitals state by state and in 10 key metropolitan areas, in 12 specialties Includes vital statistics about patient care--like mortality rates, the ratio of nurses to beds, discharge planning, the availability of medical technology, and other key data Provides practical guidance for getting admitted to the top hospitals, arranging for payment, and other pressing issues confronting anyone facing a trip to the hospital

Whether you're faced with an illness, need to schedule elective surgery, or simply want peace of mind should an emergency strike, America's Best Hospitals has everything you need to make a safe, informed decision regarding healthcare facilities.

U.S. News & World Report has a circulation of almost 2.3 million, and an estimated readership of 11 million. It is the only newsweekly with "News You Can Use."


Product Details

  • Paperback: 508 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471126144
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471126140
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,584,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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Hospitals traffic in miracles so routinely that we rarely think about them. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wide interns, nology score, services internists, mortality residents, certified orthopedists, reputational score, rate member, member mix, score rate, medical center, certified internists, disk surgery, community hospital, best hospitals, geriatric services, top hospitals
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Memorial Hospital, Rank Hospital, University Hospital, New York, Hospital Center, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Los Angeles, Mercy Hospital, Joseph Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary's Hospital, Methodist Hospital, Valley Hospital, Baptist Hospital, San Francisco, Health System, Kansas City, Francis Hospital, Fort Worth, Long Beach, Joseph's Hospital, San Jose, Providence Hospital, Oklahoma City, New Haven
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