Hartford and New Haven are among the top 20 cities in the U.S. for top hospital care quality, according to a new industry study.
The two Connecticut cities were collectively ranked 12th out of the top 50 cities that provide the best quality hospital care, and seven in-state hospitals were recognized as top performers nationwide.
The study, which was conducted by HealthGrades, an independent health care ratings organization in Colorado, ranked hospitals based on mortality and complication rates complied from Medicare data.
Of the country’s about 5,000 short-term, nonfederal, non-children’s, acute care hospitals, only 268 hospitals, or about 5 percent, had risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates low enough to earn this designation, according to the study.
West Palm Beach, Fla., ranked No. 1 in the nation, with nine out of 12 hospitals designated as top-performers.
In Connecticut seven hospitals made the list: Hartford Hospital, Manchester Memorial Hospital, Middlesex Hospital and Norwalk Hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital, the Hospital of Saint Raphael in New Haven, and Griffin Hospital in Derby.
