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UAB Hospital (also known as University Hospital) is a 1,207 bed tertiary hospital and academic health science center located in Birmingham, Alabama.It serves as the only ACS verified Level I Trauma Center in Alabama, [2] and is the flagship property of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the UAB Health System, a part of the University of Alabama System.
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Hospital City State Beds Adult trauma level Pediatric trauma level University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital: Birmingham: Alabama: 1295: I I Huntsville Hospital & HH for Women & Children
It was the second year in a row the Columbia-area hospital was recognized among the best in the state.
This is a list of countries ranked by the quality of healthcare, as published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (). [1] The ranking takes into account various health outcomes, including survival rates for seven types of cancer, as well as for strokes and heart attacks.
Only 66 hospitals out of more than 3,600 nationwide received straight A rankings in equity, value of care and patient outcomes.
According to U.S. News, it evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals across 15 specialties and 20 procedures and conditions, and only 11% of those hospitals earned a Best Hospitals ranking.
That study found that the two ratings systems frequently made different recommendations for the best hospitals. [ 3 ] A 2009 study concluded that when a hospital's place in U.S. News rankings changed, then consequently there could be as much as a 5% change in certain kinds of patient admissions to that hospital which might be attributed to that ...