In this retrospective cohort of US teaching and non-teaching hospitals, teaching intensity was favorably associated with many publicly reported quality measures but not all, and was unfavorably associated with patient satisfaction. Costs were similar, but advanced technologies were associated with teaching hospitals. Teaching hospitals offer advanced technology and high quality at similar cost, but patient satisfaction tends to be lower (abstract)
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