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Comparison / hospitals / MS
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County vs Merit Health River Region
7 measures are reported by both. Merit Health River Region is ahead on 3 of them, with 2 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 | Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County | Merit Health River Region | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 | 2 | higher is better |
| Measures reported | 40 | 45 | higher is better |
| Measures better than national | 1 | 2 | higher is better |
| Measures worse than national | 1 | 3 | lower is better |
| Mortality measures better | 0 | 0 | higher is better |
| Safety measures better | 1 | 2 | higher is better |
| Readmission measures better | 0 | 0 | higher is better |
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