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Comparison / hospitals / VA
Augusta Health vs Mary Washington Hospital
7 measures are reported by both. They split them 2 each, with 3 measures level or without a stated direction.
“Ahead” means better on a measure whose direction the publishing agency states. Where the agency states no direction, neither column wins — a bigger number is not automatically a better one, and deciding otherwise here would be this site inventing a finding.
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Measure by measure
Both columns come from the same release of the same dataset, so the two are directly comparable.
| Measure | Augusta Health | Mary Washington Hospital | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 | 3 | higher is better |
| Measures reported | 50 | 50 | higher is better |
| Measures better than national | 3 | 5 | higher is better |
| Measures worse than national | 1 | 4 | lower is better |
| Mortality measures better | 0 | 0 | higher is better |
| Safety measures better | 1 | 3 | higher is better |
| Readmission measures better | 2 | 2 | higher is better |
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The two records
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