You gotta have Heart---suburban hosptials luring pts from city locations

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

suburban hospitals in pennsylvania are luring cardiac patients away from city facilities

philadelphia inquirer, july 10, 2006

more suburban hospitals in pennsylvania are offering angioplasty and open-heart surgery, taking high-end treatments closer to many patients. at the same time, some hospitals with venerable cardiac care traditions, such as temple and hahnemann, are attracting far fewer heart patients, partly because of more suburban competition.

[Altra, BSN, RN]

I don't have numbers, but I suspect the same is true here in Pittsburgh.

[augigi, CNS]

That is weird to me - if I was getting cardiac surgery, I'd be heading for the largest teaching hospital with the most experience, not the local hospital!