The Right Hospital for You
A generation ago most ailing Americans received treatment in their hometown
hospitals, no matter how rare the illness or grave the diagnosis. Today it is increasingly common to venture hundreds
or thousands of miles for care. Some large insurance companies are steering patients with unusual or complex medical
problems to specialized institutions. These facilities, sometimes dubbed "centers of excellence" by health experts,
have more experience and better results at such difficult tasks as performing transplants or treating rare cancers.
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