Sept. 25, 2001
National Research Corporation (NRC) is pleased to public recognize the nation's top 122 hospitals as 2001 Consumer Choice Award winners, the hospitals consumers choose as having the highest quality and image in 106 markets throughout the U.S. This is the sixth year NRC has awarded hospitals whose consumers have recognized them for providing quality healthcare services.
NRC president and CEO Michael Hays said winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the company's annual Healthcare Market Guide Study (HCMG).of the 2,500 hospitals named by consumers in the study, the winning 122 rank highest in their Metropolitan Statistical Areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2001 HCMG study surveyed more than 150,000 households representing more than 400,000 consumers in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia.
The 2001 Healthcare Market Guide is the nation's largest and most comprehensive study of its kind. No other study used to rate hospitals contains more consumer responses than NRC's study. This study has a margin of error of + or - 0.2 percent on a national level Co-winners are named when scores fall within the statistical margin of error for a given market.
National Research Corporation is a recongized industry leader, with two decadres of expeirence in healthcare specific performance measurement.
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