Hospital ratings complicate care of sickest - The Boston Globe
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Hospital ratings complicate care of sickest - The Boston Globe
Public reporting of hospital death rates may be pushing Massachusetts cardiac specialists to treat some very sick heart patients less aggressively, sparking a debate among health officials and doctors over whether patients are being spared unnecessary and costly end-of-life treatment or denied procedures that might save their lives.
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... source: Boston Globe http://bit.ly/SfCEY -- MGH mortality rates: high; working w state to rvw risk factors for adj mortality rates
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