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Health care ratings are ratings or evaluations of health care. In the United States they have been an increasingly used tool to try to drive accountability among health care providers and in the context of classic supply/demand view of Health economics, to help health care consumers make better choices. [1]
New York hospitals received widely varying quality and safety ratings in 2023 as the state’s health system overall struggled to recover from pandemic-era strains on hospital staffing and finances.
The largest number of hospitals are in New York City. [2] The January 1, 2022 listing by the New York Health Department of general hospitals covered by the New York Healthcare Reform Act show 165 hospitals 63 closed hospitals, and 51 hospitals that had been merged with other hospitals.
The US health system does not provide health care to the country's entire population. [3] Instead, most citizens are covered by a combination of private insurance and various federal and state programs. [4] As of 2017, health insurance was most commonly acquired through a group plan tied to an employer. [5]
The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System is a network of independent, cooperating, acute-care and community hospitals, continuum-of-care facilities, home-health agencies, ambulatory sites, and specialty institutes in the New York metropolitan area.
Health care workers in New York are filing thousands of complaints about understaffing at hospitals, as pressure mounts on regulators to improve enforcement of minimum-staffing laws.
Northwell Health is a nonprofit integrated healthcare network that is New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, with more than 81,000 employees. [ 1 ] The flagship hospitals of Northwell are North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ Medical Center).
According to the New York City Charter, the commissioner is broadly responsible for preparing plans for construction and operation of medical and health care facilities and establishing their priorities, has the power to compel the testimony of witnesses and produce reports and documents in matters regarding health, and assess penalties up to ...