20 Hospital Markets With the Lowest and Highest Patient Satisfaction Rates

Kaiser Health News has compiled a list of nearly 300 regional hospital markets ranked for patient satisfaction. KHN relied on 10 metrics used by CMS for its Hospital Compare website as well as geographic boundaries developed by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care to create these rankings.

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Here are the 20 regional hospital markets with the 10 lowest and 10 highest average patient satisfaction rates, based on the average of the 10 metrics mentioned above:

1. Mason City, Iowa — 77.6 percent
2. Houma, La. — 77.17 percent
3. St. Cloud, Minn. — 76.97 percent
4. Monroe, La. — 76.56 percent
5. Topeka, Kan. — 76.29 percent
6. Tupelo, Miss. — 76.27 percent
7. Bryan, Texas — 76.2 percent
8. Dubuque, Iowa — 75.68 percent
9. Rapid City, S.D. — 75.67 percent
10. Bangor, Maine — 75.45 percent

1. Manhattan, N.Y. — 58.84 percent
2. Takoma Park, Md. — 59.75 percent
3. Bronx, N.Y. — 59.75 percent
4. Chicago — 61.25 percent
5. Newark, N.J. — 62.11 percent
6. Fort Myers, Fla. — 62.7 percent
7. Paterson N.J. — 62.75 percent
8. East Long Island, N.Y. — 62.85 percent
9. Ocala, Fla. — 62.88 percent
10. Chico, Calif. — 62.88 percent

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