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	<title>Comments on: Does being on the America&#8217;s Best Hospitals list affect patient outcomes?</title>
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		<title>By: just another patient</title>
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		<dc:creator>just another patient</dc:creator>
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		<description>Could someone speculate why some hospitals choose not to participate when it comes to rankings.  A hospital in my area (St. John&#039;s Medical Center, Santa Monica, Ca) is never mentioned in any survey or has &quot;chose not to participate&quot; after it.  It&#039;s curious, because locally it has a great reputation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could someone speculate why some hospitals choose not to participate when it comes to rankings.  A hospital in my area (St. John&#8217;s Medical Center, Santa Monica, Ca) is never mentioned in any survey or has &#8220;chose not to participate&#8221; after it.  It&#8217;s curious, because locally it has a great reputation.</p>
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