Becker's Hospital Review is a medical industry trade magazine[1] that does its own research, supplementing this with government-released data and U.S. News & World Report rankings.
It covers its field from the prospective of those involved: doctors,[3] hospitals, and those who pay: patients and the general public (via taxes and insurance premiums[4]).
[5] Government web sites refer to their information, and they summarize legislative hearings, albeit much of this is press releases by various agencies.
[7] Becker's reports on how data is used (or abused)[8] and they cite, review and analyze[9] surveys and rankings,[10] including how various subgroups of medical practitioners are affected.
In addition to their ratings services, Becker, who is also a CPA, partners with Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting firms, to collect and analyze hospital data.