title: CMS Rating of Hospitals Gets 1.5 Stars.
abstract: The problem, say hospitals and some analysts, is that rating hospital quality is not so straightforward. How a hospital delivers care is multifactorial and complex, they argue, so trying to cram that into a single score is misleading and can end up like rating a restaurant on its parking.
authors.forename: Richard Mark
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kirkner
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006761:Hospitals / Q000145:classification*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States