To the unease of some nonclinical hospital managers, a new study published in the Social Science and Medicine journal finds that the best hospitals are typically run by medical physicians and not managers. Researchers at the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn, Germany, looked at top-performing hospitals in cancer, digestive disorders, and heart surgery. They found that physician-run hospitals had a 25 percent higher quality score, compared to those run by nonclinical CEOs.

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Fierce Healthcare July 6, 2011