Consumers Union Establishes Hospital-Ratings Service

Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization that publishes Consumer Reports magazine, is establishing a new hospital-ratings service.

The service will include around 3,000 facilities, and consumers will be able to see a graph showing how intensely each hospital treats patients, on a scale from zero for the most conservative to 100 for the most aggressive.

Full-text article by Anna Wilde Mathews is available via the Wall Street Journal, 5.29.08.