Mayo isn't really #9.

It says:  "Note: Order does not reflect performance ranking. Hospitals
are ordered by Medicare ID."

Jennifer

Bruce, Harvard is not a hospital, it is a medical school.

The order is random

Loretta

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In tribute to the United States of America and the State
of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and
terrorism.

This list is not comprehensive.  It is odd that New York has no
hospitals listed and yet we have some of the best in the country.  I
dont know how this list was compiled.

Loretta

--
In tribute to the United States of America and the State
of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and
terrorism.

Beth Israel Deaconess which is on the list  is one of the
Harvard-affiliated hospitals.
They don't have their own "Harvard University" hospital but work with
several of the major Boston hospitals.

--Jenny

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As others have noted, the order is arbitrary by code number.
It's also a marketing thing - you have to pay for the
specific details.

It is also limited in scope:

"This study focuses on short-term, acute care, non-federal
U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of patients."

I'd wait until the newspapers pay their money - they will be
sure to selectively print some details.

One omission I noted was MD Anderson - one of the world's
leading CLL research and treatment hospitals. I'd want to
see more details of the methodology, which is only sketchily
mentioned here:
http://www.100tophospitals.com/studies/national05/methodology.asp

"The Study Universe

This study focuses on short-term, acute care, non-federal
U.S. hospitals that treat a broad spectrum of patients. The
database is based on public data—the Medicare Provider
Analysis and Review (MedPAR) data set, the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Standard Analytical File
(SAF) Outpatient data set, and the Medicare Cost Report.

The Comparison Groups

Bed size, teaching status, and residency program involvement
have a profound effect on the types of patients a hospital
treats and the scope of services it provides. We assign each
hospital to one of five peer groups according to its size
and teaching status:

   * Major Teaching Hospitals
   * Teaching Hospitals
   * Large Community Hospitals
   * Medium Community Hospitals
   * Small Community Hospitals"

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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Different group, different results... in a listing by one of the
weekly news magazines from about 6 months ago, the University of
Washington Medical Center was number 9 world wide... not even listed
on the groups pages...

Anyone curious about what
Solucient's actual business is?

Beth Israel Deconess belongs to Harvard but i have no idea what they are
basing those ratings on anyway!