title: Southern hospitals keep the heat on.
abstract: Southern hospitals continue four-year reign at top of HCIA/Mercer 100 Top Hospitals list. Fierce managed care competition in some Southern states results in top-notch care. In the West, study found that lengths of stay are actually rising as levels of managed care increase.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006761:Hospitals / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000145:classification*; D014481:United States