Fierce Healthcare April 29, 2021
The Leapfrog Group’s latest report card of patient safety grades awarded 906 hospitals the top rating and more than 1,000 hospitals a “C” grade or worse.
The independent watchdog group graded a total of 2,735 hospitals for the spring 2021 iteration of its twice-yearly report.
Overall, Leapfrog awarded 33% of hospitals an “A” grade, 24% (659 hospitals) a “B” grade, 35% (968 hospitals) a “C” grade, 7% (192 hospitals) a “D” grade and fewer than 1% (10 hospitals) an “F” grade.
The spread of these ratings was virtually identical to the results released last fall, with the group noting that it had maintained the same scoring and letter grade scoring cut-offs for its latest report.
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