The 100 Top Hospitals® have higher survival rates, keep more patients complication-free, and attract more patients—all while maintaining financial stability. We estimate that if all Medicare inpatients received the same level of care as those in the 100 Top Hospitals winners:

• More than 120,000 additional patients would survive each year

• More than 138,000 patient complications would be avoided annually

• Expenses would decline by an aggregate $6.2 billion a year

• The average patient stay would decrease by more than half a day

The 100 Top Hospital award winners also:

• Reward their employees with better pay

• Have better patient safety, saving lives and dollars