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As a state, New Jersey did much better than the national average, with two-thirds of the Garden State’s 70 acute care hospitals receiving either an A or B grade. Nationally, only one-third of hospitals were so rated.
The four hospitals that are most frequently used by Cape May County residents had two with a grade of B and two that received a C rating.
Cape Regional Medical Center received a B grade, a rating level the hospital has held continuously since fall 2020.
Shore Medical Center was given its second C grade in a row after four As and one B rating in the five previous reporting periods.
The AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Mainland Campus was the other local area hospital to receive a B grade. The hospital moved from a C to a B rating in the previous fall 2021 report.
AtlantiCare’s City Campus in Atlantic City continued the C grade it has held since fall 2020 when it slipped from a series of B grades.
