Five Arizona hospitals received the highest five-star quality rating in the federal government's recent annual update and none received the lowest one-star score.

Top-rated five-star hospitals in Arizona represented 11% of the 53 Medicare-certified Arizona hospitals that received ratings in the updated analysis released Aug. 6.

Nationally, 10% or 291 of the 2,891 U.S. hospitals scored in the latest federal analysis had the highest five-star rating, while 8% received the lowest one-star rating, according to the new data from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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