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 Kate Goodrich, MD, MHS. Helping Consumers Make Care Choices through Hospital Compare. The CMS Blog. July 27, 2016. Accessed on Nov. 26, 2016 from https://blog.cms.gov/2016/07/27/helping-consumers-make-care-choices-through-hospital-compare/ 

Review of Medicare's Program For Oversight of Accrediting Organizations and The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Validation Program. Fiscal Year 2015. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Accessed on Nov. 26, 2016 from https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Downloads/Survey-and-Cert-Letter-16-07.pdf 

Hospital Compare. Accessed on Nov. 26, 2016 from https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html 

Hospital Safety Grade. The Leapfrog Group. Accessed on Nov. 26, 2016 from http://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/ 

Your hospital survival guide. Consumer Reports. Accessed on Nov. 26, 2016 from http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2012/10/your-hospital-survival-guide/index.htm 

Hospital Rankings. U.S. News and World Report. Accessed on Nov. 28, 2016 from http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings 

Andrew Wolfson. Surgeon: Budget cuts make UofL Hospital unsafe. Courier Journal. June 9, 2016. Last Accessed on Nov. 26, 2016 from http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/06/08/surgeon-cuts-make-u-l-hospital-unsafe/85603994/ 

Andrew Wolfson. Report: Overloaded nurses, dangers at U of L Hospital. Courier Journal. July 13, 2016. Accessed on Nov 28, 2016 from http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/07/11/report-u-l-hospital-woes-endangered-3/86945518/
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