For more than 30 years, the mission of U.S. 草莓传媒 & World Report’s annual has been to help guide patients, in consultation with their doctors, to the right hospital when they need care. While disrupting life and health care in many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has only reinforced U.S. 草莓传媒’ long-standing commitment to helping patients across the nation find the best hospital for their needs.
To help readers narrow their search, U.S. 草莓传媒 rates hospitals in 20 benchmark procedures and conditions such as and . Three of the ratings, new this year, cover:
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U.S. 草莓传媒 also ranks hospitals in . These ratings and rankings are based on each hospital’s patient outcomes — that is, how well patients have fared after treatment — as well as other factors that matter to patients, like the quality of their experience and whether the hospital is adequately staffed.
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U.S. 草莓传媒 also ranks hospitals in each state and nearly 100 metro areas to make it easy for everyone to find excellent care close to home and in their insurance network. To be counted among this year’s 493 , a hospital generally had to outperform in at least seven of the procedures and conditions U.S. 草莓传媒 evaluates.
While urban areas around , and greater have the greatest concentrations of top medical centers, Best Regional Hospitals can also be found in the , Kentucky’s , the of Arkansas and scores of other urban and rural areas.
The Best Hospitals Honor Roll highlights 20 hospitals that excel across most or all types of care evaluated by U.S. 草莓传媒. Hospitals received points if they were nationally ranked in the 15 specialties — the more specialties and the higher their rank, the more points they got — and if they were rated high performing in any of the 20 procedures and conditions. The top point-scorers made the Honor Roll.
U.S. 草莓传媒 2022-2023 Best Hospitals Honor Roll
— 1. , Rochester, Minnesota.
— 2. , Los Angeles.
— 3. , New York.
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— 5. (tie) , Baltimore.
— 5. (tie) , Los Angeles.
— 7. , New York.
— 8. , Boston.
— 9. , Chicago.
— 10. , Stanford, California.
— 11. , St. Louis.
— 12. , San Francisco.
— 13. , Philadelphia.
— 14. , Boston.
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— 16. , New York.
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— 19. , Nashville.
— 20. , Chicago.
For most illnesses, patients do not need to go to an Honor Roll hospital, which may require traveling away from home and paying expenses for out-of-network care. All rankings and ratings should be seen as just a starting point for patients considering where to seek care with input from their doctors. Individual diagnosis, insurance coverage and priorities are important factors in making a personal best choice.
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Update 07/26/22: This story was previously published at an earlier date and has been updated with new ranking results.
