Amid a broad push to bring more accountability to the U.S. health-care system, consumers have access to a growing range of data on hospital quality.
Just a few years ago, only a handful of resources offered such data -- some of it too broad to apply to individual hospitals. But now, the federal government, state agencies and a number of private entities are stepping up their push for greater "transparency" on hospital practices. They are mining Medicare data and state records and surveying hospitals to come up with user-friendly databases to help consumers comparison-shop for care.
To be sure, many ...
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