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Editorial Policy & Verification Standards

How HospitalGuide collects, validates, scores, and publishes hospital directory listings — and how errors are corrected.

HospitalGuide publishes only hospital listings that pass a programmatic quality score of 85 or above, confirmed by HTTP uptime checks on all contact links. All imported data defaults to draft status and is never automatically indexed. Daily publication is throttled to prevent data quality spikes.

1. Data Collection & Sources

Hospital records are sourced from official government health authority registries, national hospital licensing boards, and structured public health directories. We do not purchase third-party data lists or accept paid listings. Every record enters our pipeline with a default status of draft and a robots directive of noindex until it passes all verification stages.

2. Content Quality Scoring Thresholds

Each record is scored on a 0–100 scale. The score is derived from the presence and validity of the following criteria. Records that do not reach the required threshold remain in draft status indefinitely until manually reviewed and corrected.

Entity Type Minimum Score Additional Requirement
Hospital listing 85 / 100 Verified address, phone format valid, source URL live
City directory page 85 / 100 Minimum 1 published hospital, region confirmed
Medical practitioner 90 / 100 Verified medical board credentials required
Region / Country page No score gate Always indexable once region data is confirmed

3. HTTP Uptime & Link Verification

All website URLs, official hospital domains, and source reference links are programmatically checked for live HTTP response codes before a listing is published. The following outcomes are applied:

4. Daily Publication & Indexing Throttle

To prevent automated data quality spikes and allow editorial review to keep pace with imports, HospitalGuide enforces hard daily limits on new indexed pages:

Page Type Daily Limit
New city / regional "money pages" 3 per day
New hospital detail pages 25 per day
Total new indexable pages (all types) 50 per day

5. Prohibited Content & Schema Rules

The following data types are explicitly prohibited from appearing in any published listing or JSON-LD schema output on HospitalGuide:

6. Corrections & Update Process

Any visitor, hospital administrator, or health authority representative can request a correction to any listing. The following process applies to all correction submissions:

  1. 1
    Locate the listing: Navigate to the hospital's detail page on HospitalGuide using the search directory or geographic browsing path.
  2. 2
    Submit the Correction Request form: Complete the form at the bottom of the listing page with your name, email, and a precise description of the incorrect data.
  3. 3
    Editorial review: Our editorial team receives the submission, cross-references the reported data against official sources, and verifies the correction before applying any changes.
  4. 4
    Update & re-audit: If the correction is confirmed, the listing is updated, re-scored, and the audit timestamp is refreshed. The submitter is not retained in the public record.

7. Advertising & Monetisation Integrity

HospitalGuide may display contextual advertising on directory pages. The following placement rules apply at all times to protect content integrity and prevent layout instability (CLS):