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U.S. News & World Report Defends Ranking the Wokest Hospitals
Kevin Stone
December 2, 2022
Hospitals now ranked on health equity
U.S. News & World Report’s (USN) annual ranking of best U.S. hospitals is now being joined by a separate “health equity” ranking.
The ranking, titled “Best Hospitals: Health Equity Measures,” is based on racial disparities in unplanned readmission, charity care provision for uninsured patients, community residents who accessed care at a ranked hospital, and preventive care for black residents in the community.
In an October 28 article in Becker’s Hospital Review, USN editors explained why the publication has added “equity” ratings now as opposed to several years ago. “We work primarily with Medicare data,” said Harold Chen, a health data analyst for USN. “For example, if we wanted to look at health equity along the lines of disparities for queer, trans people. (sic) That’s really difficult with the data we have. We just don’t get that kind of information with what we have.”
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