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| | University of Chicago Hospitals: University of Chicago Hospitals tops national survey |
 | | The scores are based on nine measures: risk-adjusted mortality, risk-adjusted complications, patient safety, growth in patient volume, severity-adjusted average length of stay, expense per adjusted discharge, profit from operations, cash-to-debt ratio, and tangible assets per discharge. |
 | | The list, announced by Solucient on February 27, 2006, identifies benchmark-setting hospitals in five categories: major teaching hospitals (15), teaching hospitals (25), large community hospitals (20), medium community hospitals (20) and small community hospitals (20). |
 | | Two other hospitals from the metropolitan area, Evanston Northwestern (Evanston) and Advocate Lutheran General (Park Ridge), were included on the list of the top major teaching hospitals in the United States. |
| www.uchospitals.edu /news/2006/20060228-top-100.html (425 words) |
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