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University of California, Department of Medicine publishes research in life sciences

Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, August 3rd, 2008

New research, 'United States rural hospital quality in the Hospital Compare database-accounting for hospital characteristics,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from the United States, "Rural hospitals in the United States have demonstrated lower adherence to evidence based guidelines than their urban counterparts in national public reporting initiatives. We compared the quality of rural hospitals participating in a public reporting initiative to that of their urban counterparts using Hospital Compare, a new national database containing process measures."

"Cross-sectional analyses of hospitals participating in Hospital Compare in 2005, evaluating percent...

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