title: Reaping healthy profits. 100 hospitals manage to come out on top even in year plagued by financial ills.
abstract: The 100 Top Hospitals financially outperformed their peers this year by the widest margin ever, posting an 8.7% total profit margin. If hospitals nationwide performed at the level of the top facilities, hospital expenses would decline by $12 billion a year, deaths would go down by nearly 87,000 and complications would be cut by 57,000. Some 63 of this year's top performers have been on the list before. Knowing their secrets is valuable.
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authors.lastname: Lovern
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003625:Data Collection; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000145:classification* / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D007182:Income / Q000145:classification; D007857:Leadership; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States