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Lowest-quality care goes to poor, minority patients
Harvard researchers who identified 178 hospitals that provide the lowest quality of care yet have the highest cost also found that these facilities treat a higher proportion of poor, aged, and minority patients than 122 hospitals that provide high-quality and lower-cost care.
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