East Coast U.S. versus West Coast Health Care

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Don Brady - 25 Jan 2005 06:59 GMT

Hmm, this report says that West Coast hospitals appear to be worse than those
in the rest of the U.S.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145261,00.html
or
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,145261,00.html

I wonder if that is true of otolaryngology care in particular?

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Steven L. - 26 Jan 2005 14:16 GMT

> Hmm, this report says that West Coast hospitals appear to be worse than those
> in the rest of the U.S.
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> I wonder if that is true of otolaryngology care in particular?

According to the U.S. News annual survey, 4 of the top 20 of the best
ENT departments are on the West Coast. That's not bad.

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MS - 26 Jan 2005 14:39 GMT

It's interesting how different the results are from the US News ranking. I
believe in that one the UCLA hospital is ranked the highest in California,
yet it is not even listed here. I don't believe St. Johns was on the US News
list.

I wonder what is different in their ranking methodologies?

The US News one is certainly more well-known than this by "Health Grades".

> > Hmm, this report says that West Coast hospitals appear to be worse than those
> > in the rest of the U.S.
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> According to the U.S. News annual survey, 4 of the top 20 of the best
> ENT departments are on the West Coast. That's not bad.

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Don Brady - 26 Jan 2005 18:48 GMT

>It's interesting how different the results are from the US News ranking. I
>believe in that one the UCLA hospital is ranked the highest in California,
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>The US News one is certainly more well-known than this by "Health Grades".

Yes, I think I trust the U.S News one more.

Statistics are very very tricky and Health Grades may not have properly allowed
for the higher number of problematic cases at the largest hospitals, and other
factors.

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