Lawsuits, state inspection reports and statistics deep in federal reports paint a troubling picture of the care offered at some Select hospitals, and at long-term care hospitals in general.
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Long-Term Health Care Facilities Can Be Dangerous: Issues in Hospital Medical Malpractice
Hospital medical malpractice has been steadily increasing according to numerous studies. Less often quoted are long term health care facilities. More than 400 similar facilities, called long-term acute care hospitals, have opened nationally in the last 25 years. Few of them have doctors on staff, and most are owned by for-profit companies. The Kansas City hospital is part of a chain called the Select Medical Corporation, a publicly traded Pennsylvania company that runs 89 long-term hospitals, more than any other company.
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