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Abbott Northwestern and United Hospitals named to America's 50 Top Hospital's List AARP Modern Maturity Report to be Published in the May/June 2002 Issue

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn 03/28/2002--

Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and United Hospital in St. Paul are included in the top 50 hospitals in America list, to be published in  AARP Modern Maturity’s May/June 2002 issue. The report is based off a study by Consumers’ Checkbook, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit consumer education organization.

Consumers’ Checkbook rated the quality of care for adults at acute care hospitals in major metropolitan areas in the U.S. Researchers surveyed more than 20,000 physicians and analyzed statistics from federal records and accreditation scores to rank 1,308 hospitals nationwide. The final list of 50 was selected by employing a formula including:

• Physicians ratings – percentage of surveyed doctors rating a hospital “very good” or “excellent” for high-risk adult surgery
• Mortality rates - for various types of medical and surgical cases. The percentage of Medicare patients (admitted between October 1996 – September 1999 who died within 30 days of being admitted to the hospital – adjusted to take into account hospital-to-hospital differences in age, diagnoses, and other characteristics
• Accreditation score – rating given by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; reflects the hospital’s performance on an inspection and review of standards
• Training – Extent of a training that a hospital provides for physicians based on the medical school affiliations and number of residents on staff

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