Quality of Care in Teaching Hospitals: Studies Summary

The quality of patient care delivered in our nation's hospitals has become a primary focus for the public, providers, employers, and regulators. Teaching hospitals have a unique mission as centers for education, research and clinical care and are the sites for many quality of care initiatives.

"Quality of Care in Teaching Hospitals" reviews and analyzes 23 studies that compare quality of care in teaching hospitals to other institutions for a variety of conditions, types of patients, outcomes, and geographic locations. Studies show that teaching hospitals, in general, provide better quality of care for a range of conditions and patients.

Report Documents

Executive summary (PDF, 4 pages)

Complete narrative report (PDF, 13 pages)

Study summaries—Data from all 23 studies (PDF, 9 pages)

Summary Tables

Table 1: Results (PDF, 3 pages)

Table 2: Results - Clinical data only (PDF, 2 pages)

Both tables include links to individual study summaries.

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