[AZFolks]

I have spoken as a guest at Mayo, Rochester. They are a hospital to be emulated. There are some honest questions about the care however. Not the quality which is unsurpassed but the demographics of their patient population. They serve the population of Olmsted County which is primarily white middle class who usually have better outcomes than minorities. Many (most) of their out of town population is well enough to take a plane to Mayo indicating their performance scores are probably a lot higher than the typical hospital. I want to stress, this is to take nothing away from The Clinic as it is truly one of America’s finest.

[bog trotter]

Re: “the CARE, which is unsurpassed.” I know a gentleman who would disagree!
After exhausting local medicos with his wife’s downward spiral he took her to Mayo. They did an exploratory and basicaly told her it was all in her head.
She continued to get worse and some time later she was x-rayed and it was discovered that she not only had cancer (I forget which kind) but had a clamp and sponge left in her from the surgery at Mayo.

[Prince of Space]

I'm a former employee as well as patient of Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale. Their medical model is quite different and consists of seeing several specialists on the same day - which means hours of sitting in different waiting rooms. And I was usually the spring chicken there....in my mid to late 40s!

My physician now also worked there for 10 years or so until she went out on her own - mainly because of stress. The low pay and volume she was forced to see finally got to her. In fact, we jokingly call ourselves "Mayo refugees!"

Mrs. Prince of Space