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Originally Posted by Vikingjunior
It's not about outcomes, it's about quality of care. This is not a comparison of how many people die in TVH vs Shands. I’ve been to both hospitals and TVH doesn't even come close.
If you want to make the comparison that Shands is a Trauma Center and TVH is not, that is fair, but don't try to throw age into this.
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But he was absolutely correct to "throw age into it". The metrics that CMS uses to rate the "quality" of hospitals is partially dependent on mortality and readmission data, both of which are much, much higher with a more aged patient population.