Top Five for Cancer
1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
4. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
5. Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Top Five for Cardiology and Heart Surgery
1. Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
3. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
4. New York–Presbyterian Hospital–Columbia and Cornell, NYC
5. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Top Five for Orthopedics
1. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
3. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
4. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York City
5. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
For the 2020–2021 rankings and ratings, US News compared more than 4500 medical centers across the country in 16 specialties and 10 procedures and conditions. Of these, 563 were recognized as Best Regional Hospitals on the basis of their strong performance in multiple areas of care. The top 20 hospitals, which deliver exceptional treatment across many areas of care, were also named to the honor roll.
The magazine notes that data for the 2020–2021 Best Hospitals rankings and ratings come from a period predating the COVID-19 pandemic and were not affected by the pandemic’s impact on hospitals. The methodologies are based largely on objective measures, such as risk-adjusted survival and discharge-to-home rates, volume, and quality of nursing, among other care-related indicators.
The full report on hospital ranking is available online.
This article first appeared on Medscape.com.