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Inquiry J Health Car · Jan 1997
"Best hospitals": a description of the methodology for the Index of Hospital Quality.
Starting in 1991, U. S. News & World Report has published an annual cover story. "America's Best Hospitals," for which the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) has provided the underlying data. ⋯ This article reports on the theoretical framework and methodological design of the "Index of Hospital Quality" used in the U. S. News & World Report rankings.