Major teaching hospitals have lower mortality rates than other hospitals, study finds

General teaching hospitals were perceived as having higher morbidity and mortality rates because of several factors. First would be patient protoplasm. Teaching hospitals often get poorer, sicker less well nourished patients suffering from multiple complex conditions such as brittle diabetes, renal failure with congestive heart failure. One top of that these patients often suffer from or carry bad bugs such as mrsa ( methicillin resistant staph aureus) or vancomycin resistant staph aureus. Then you have students. Student doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists etc. All imperfect in aseptic technique, treatment modalities, team work, etc. Havng worked at a teaching hospital for 15 years before retiring I find this is excellent news.

Makes sense in a lot of regards, take sanitation for instance. It cost money to maintain the level of sanitation necessary to prevent infection and such in a surgical suite. I suspect that a school environment would insist on those standards to set the example while a for profit hospital might be more likely to cut corners to save $.