Using Rankings to Your Advantage with Ben Harder and Liz Pearce

About this episode

Vanessa discusses how to navigate hospital and senior living community rankings with U.S. News & World Report journalists.

How do you choose a hospital or senior living community when everything feels impossibly high-stakes? Vanessa talks with two U.S. News & World Report journalists — Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis, and Liz Pearce, director of senior living — about what those rankings really measure, and what they can’t. See their rankings for Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation , Best Nursing Homes , Best Senior Living , and — their newest report — Best Home Health . Also check out our episode with Amara Walker .

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa Grigoriadis

Guests: Ben Harder, Liz Pearce

Topics covered

• healthcare
• senior living
• hospital rankings
• journalism
• aging
• decision making

Keywords

• hospital rankings
• senior living
• health analysis
• U.S. News
• rehabilitation
• nursing homes
• home health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. News & World Report

Books & works: Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation, Best Nursing Homes, Best Senior Living, Best Home Health

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