On the Medicare ratings site the following caution is made:
"How should I use the hospital star ratings?
Star ratings can give you information and help you compare hospitals locally and nationwide, but you should consider a variety of factors when choosing a hospital, like physician guidance about your care plan. Along with the overall rating, you should look at other aspects of hospital quality like rates of infection and complications, and patients' experience of care based on survey results."
Many factors go into quality of care. All patient experiences are different but ultimately it's your experience that matters. That said, I think the patients' survey results are for me the best measure.
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