Though New York City has an abundance of doctors and an unusually strict hospital code, publication last week of a searching two-year survey by acknowledged medical experts showed that many of the city's residents still get incompetent care and are subjected to unnecessary surgery. After studying the medical records of Teamsters Union members and their families admitted to 101 hospitals, a team Headed by Columbia University's Dr. Ray E. Trussell* concluded that:
> Overall, only 57% of the patients received good or excellent care; for 20% care was fair, and for 23% it was poor.
> Patients fared best in nonprofit hospitals...
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