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HealthGrades Guide to America's Hospitals and Doctors: Hospital Quality Ratings, Top Doctors, Expert Guides to Getting the Best Care | 
 enlarge | Authors: Experts At Healthgrades, Samantha L. Collier
Creator: J.d. Kleinke
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 609206
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1136
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 8.4 x 1.6
ISBN: 1435104269
Dewey Decimal Number: 610
EAN: 9781435104266
ASIN: 1435104269
Publication Date: April 25, 2008
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Product Description
Nothing is more important to your health than having a doctor you trust. But identifying the best doctors and hospitals can be nearly impossible—especially since the best hospital for one procedure may not be the best for another. That’s why HealthGrades, the leading U.S. healthcare ratings company, developed its unique rating system for doctors and hospitals across the country. After combing through millions of hospitalization records and data about thousands of physicians, HealthGrades has quantified the differences in quality of care and put the information in your hands. Using HealthGrades’ easy-to-understand star ratings, you can take the guesswork out of finding the best doctor and hospital for treating your medical condition. Inside the HealthGrades Guide to America’s Hospitals and Doctors, you’ll find: - Star ratings for hospitals by state, clinical specialty, and type of procedure
- A directory of all five star rated hospitals
- A comprehensive list of top doctors, by state and by clinical specialty
- Indispensable advice from Dr. Samantha L. Collier on navigating the healthcare system and how to choose the right doctors and hospitals
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 Not Ready for Prime Time. I'd give HealthGrades a C- July 3, 2008
Sorry, HealthGrades. I felt I had wasted my purchase. The book is incomplete - especially regarding the physicians included.. apparently only those who responded to your surveys. Otherwise just publicly available Hospital info.
As a benefits consultant starving for good quality data.. I was not satisfied. Wait for the next edition.
 Pretty useless June 7, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Yes, they rate the hospitals. But the "Top Doctors" rating is so limited as to be useless. For example, for Arkansas only 21 physicians are listed, and only in orthopedic and spine surgery. California has only 5 pages representing a fraction of 1% of all physicians. Moreover, the book does not explain how it arrived at the criteria of "top". Therefore I consider the title to be misleading. The 2 stars are for the hospital rating, I would give no stars for doctors' ratings. Returning the book. I consider the yearly US News and World Report issue on top medical centers more useful. If you are choosing a doctor, it's still word of mouth. The best mouths would probably be nurses at your nearby hospital.
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