Since 2008, patients have been able to post comments on and rate
hospitals using the NHS Choices website, in the same way as they might
rate a hotel on Tripadvisor. The system's proponents suggest that it
helps patients to choose the best services, but no previous study has
investigated whether these online ratings are related to clinical
measures of healthcare quality, such as mortality rates and incidence of
hospital-acquired infections.
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