In 1981 the young Argentinean doctor left his Harvard-affiliated hospital with another colleague to set up shop in Fort Myers, Fla.

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Patients who shop around often do so on the basis of intangibles like whether a hospital is affiliated with a famous university or pro sports team.

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Although previous reports had indicated she would move directly to a rehabilitation facility affiliated with the hospital, she instead was taken to the hospital's trauma center for evaluation and treatment, Kim said.

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They then correlated those data with records of the number of hospital beds in each county that are affiliated with medical residency training programs.

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In addition, one child was in critical condition at Children's Hospital, which is affiliated with the medical center.

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The resourceful Scott family ultimately used the Internet to bypass the brokers and cut a deal directly with the First Affiliated Hospital at the College of Medicine of the Zhejiang University in Hangzhou.

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