Rankings From US News and World Report Have Minimal Correlation With Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipient Survival Results From Retrospective Data Article (Faculty180)

cited authors

  • Loss, Lindsey; Kelly, Gavin; Koizumi, Naoru; Siddique, A B; Shreve, Julia; Markowiak, Stephen F; Nazzal, Munier; Ortiz, Jorge

description

  • Increased demand for quality health care has led to lay-press ranking systems, such as the ranking from US News and World Report (US News). Their "Best Hospitals" publication advertises itself as the go-to resource for patients seeking care in a number of specialty areas. We sought to test the relationship between US News rankings and transplant outcomes.

publication date

  • 2021

published in

start page

  • 1014

end page

  • 1022

volume

  • 19