Best Hospitals

By Newsweek

Since its founding in February 1933, Newsweek has reported on advances in medicine, science and the search for good health—and good care. We know that dealing with a health crisis or a worrisome diagnosis, whether for yourself or a family member, can be overwhelming, and that knowing where to turn can lessen the stress. That's why, for the second year in a row, Newsweek partnered with global data research company Statista Inc. to rank the leading hospitals in 21 countries. This version also introduces the Board of Global Experts, an independent body that is tasked with the continuous development of the quality and scope of the project.

If you were asked to name the world's best hospitals, you might well have mentioned the Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General and the University Hospital, Zurich. You might not have thought of the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm or Singapore General. But the researchers and experts who help build this authoritative list are keenly aware of what's going on in hospitals around the globe, and they can, with confidence, identify the ones that set the standard for excellent care. The table below shows the Global Top 100 Hospitals, #1-50 are ranked based on recommendations, #51-100 are listed alphabetically. If your hospital is listed below, you can find out more about the licensing options visiting the Statista website.

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Rank	Hospital	Score	City	Hospital Beds
1	Hospital Clínic de Barcelona	97.5%	Barcelona	844
2	Hospital Universitario La Paz	95.7%	Madrid	1,268
3	Clinica Universidad de Navarra	95.0%	Pamplona	241
4	Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron	94.6%	Barcelona	1,315
5	Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón	92.3%	Madrid	1,349
6	Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre	90.1%	Madrid	1,196
7	Hospital Ramón y Cajal	87.2%	Madrid	901
8	Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz	85.6%	Madrid	659
9	Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe	85.6%	Valencia	1,000
10	Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío	83.8%	Sevilla	1,350
11	Hospital Clínico San Carlos	83.8%	Madrid	861
12	Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau	83.6%	Barcelona	644
13	Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge	81.9%	Barcelona	1,022
14	Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia	81.6%	Valencia	582
15	Hospital Universitario Madrid Sanchinarro	81.4%	Madrid	198
16	Hospital Quirónsalud Madrid	81.3%	Madrid	239
17	Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro	81.2%	Majadahonda	613
18	Hospital Universitario la Zarzuela	81.1%	Madrid	116
19	Hospital Ruber Internacional	80.2%	Madrid	143
20	Hospital Universitari Quirón Dexeus	80.2%	Barcelona	170
21	Complexo Hospitalario Universitario a Coruña	80.1%	Coruña	1,341
22	Centro Médico Teknon	79.7%	Barcelona	285
23	Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena	79.7%	Sevilla	960
24	Hospital Ruber Juan Bravo 49	79.7%	Madrid	163
25	Hospital Universitario HM Montepríncipe	79.2%	Madrid	170
26	Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca	79.0%	Murcia	920
27	Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias	78.6%	Oviedo	991
28	Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía	78.3%	Córdoba	1,233
29	Hospital Universitario Moncloa	78.1%	Madrid	235
30	Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona	78.0%	Barcelona	192
31	Hospital Universitario de Cruces	78.0%	Barakaldo	912
32	Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo	77.5%	Galdakao	464
33	Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca	77.5%	Salamanca	914
34	Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega	77.4%	Valladolid	606
35	Hospital Universitari Sagrat Cor	77.2%	Barcelona	367
36	Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset Aleixandre	77.1%	Valencia	539
37	Hospital del Mar	76.7%	Barcelona	470
38	Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla	76.7%	Santander	923
39	Hospital Quironsalud Málaga	76.7%	Málaga	132
40	Hospital San Roque	76.4%	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	162
41	Hospital Universitario de la Princesa	76.1%	Madrid	524
42	Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga	75.9%	Málaga	1,049
43	Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid	75.6%	Valladolid	777
44	Hospital Rey Juan Carlos	75.3%	Móstoles	364
45	Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya	75.1%	Sant Cugat del Vallès	286
46	Hospital Universitario Virgen de Las Nieves	75.1%	Granada	711
47	Hospital 9 de Octubre	75.0%	Valencia	300
48	Hospital Sant Rafael	74.8%	Barcelona	213
49	Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucía	74.7%	Cartagena	691
50	Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme	74.5%	Sevilla	617
51	Hospital HM de Madrid	74.5%	Madrid	100
52	Hospital Quironsalud Sagrado Corazón	74.5%	Sevilla	147
53	Hospital Universitario de Araba	74.4%	Vitoria-Gasteiz	811
54	Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete	74.3%	Albacete	705
55	Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón	74.0%	Alcorcón	400
56	Hospital Universitario Torrecárdenas	73.9%	Almería	763
57	Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet	73.7%	Zaragoza	1,213
58	Hospital General de Ciudad Real	73.3%	Ciudad Real	564
59	Hospital de Basurto	73.3%	Bilbao	733
60	Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago	73.3%	Santiago de Compostela	1,395
61	Hospital General Universitario de Alicante	73.2%	Alicante	794
62	Clínica HLA Vistahermosa	73.0%	Alicante	106
63	Complejo Hospitalario San Millan San Pedro de la Rioja	72.9%	Logroño	590
64	Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol de Badalona	72.8%	Badalona	516
65	Hospital Universitario Juan Ramón Jiménez	72.8%	Huelva	891
66	Hospital de Sant Joan de Déu	72.5%	Manresa	280
67	Hospital Universitario de Jaén	72.4%	Jaén	805
68	Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz	72.4%	Badajoz	915
69	Hospital Universitario Donostia	72.3%	San Sebastián-Donostia	1,054
70	Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria	72.3%	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	1,066
71	Hospital de Barcelona	72.2%	Barcelona	350
72	Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León	72.1%	León	1,056
73	Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria	71.9%	Málaga	657
74	Hospital de Manises	71.8%	Manises	354
75	Hospital Católico Casa de Salud	71.8%	Valencia	192
76	Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín	71.7%	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	828
77	Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real	71.6%	Puerto Real	319
78	Hospital General la Mancha Centro	71.6%	Alcázar de San Juan	353
79	Hospital Universitario San Cecilio	71.6%	Granada	543
80	Hospital de Poniente	71.6%	El Ejido	273
81	Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Infanta Leonor	71.6%	Madrid	361
82	Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofía	71.5%	Murcia	339
83	Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia	71.4%	Valencia	546
84	Hospital Universitario de Getafe	71.2%	Getafe	510
85	Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo	71.1%	Vigo	1,273
86	Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa	71.0%	Zaragoza	807
87	Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ferrol	71.0%	Ferrol	457
88	Complejo Hospitalario del Área de Salud de Mérida	70.9%	Mérida	381
89	Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante	70.9%	Sant Joan d'Alacant	396
90	Policlínica Miramar	70.8%	Palma de Mallorca	206
91	Hospital Santa Maria	70.7%	Lleida	229
92	Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias	70.7%	Alcalá de Henares	507
93	Hospital Costa del Sol	70.5%	Marbella	408
94	Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu	70.5%	Sant Boi de Llobregat	246
95	Hospital Universitari de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta	69.6%	Girona	431
96	Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar	69.2%	Cádiz	738
97	Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Canarias	68.9%	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	826
98	Hospital la Moraleja	68.9%	Madrid	126

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Licensing Information:

If your hospital is listed above, you can find out more about the licensing options visiting the Statista website.

Global Board of Medical Experts:

The global board of medical experts was founded by Statista to support the World's Best Hospital Project. The board is an independent body that is tasked with the continuous development of the quality and scope of the project. Current members of the board of experts are listed here.

Methodology:

The World's Best Hospitals 2020 ranking lists the best hospitals in 20 countries (and one city-state): United States, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Israel, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, India, Thailand, Australia and Brazil.

The rankings are based on recommendations from medical professionals, results from patient surveys and key medical performance indicators.

Statista, in collaboration with trusted insurance provider GeoBlue, invited tens of thousands of medical professionals in the selected countries to an online survey from September to November 2019. The survey was also promoted on Newsweek.com.

The number of awards per country varied based on the number of hospitals and data availability. The U.S. had the most hospitals awarded, with 300, and U.S. hospitals are also recognized with a best in state award.

Scores are comparable only between hospitals in the same country. The study includes a Global Top 100 list.

Specialized hospitals, like heart or cancer hospitals, are displayed in a separate list, sorted alphabetically.

Download the full methodology here.

Download the methodology overview here.

Footnotes:

1 - The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, University of Maryland Medical Center: These hospitals reported discrepancies in the medical KPI data that was used to determine scores. No medical KPI was used to determine the score for this hospital. The score relies on patient satisfaction data and recommendations from medical experts.

2 - kbo-Isar-Amper-Klinikum - München-Nord, Polyclinique du Parc Rambot - Provencale, Hôpital Bellevue, Clinique des Cèdres, Hôpital Emile Muller, Istituto Clinico Scientifico Maugeri - Veruno, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Ospedale Santa Croce e Carle, Ospedale Santa Croce di Fano, Ospedale San Luigi Gonzaga, Presidio di Conegliano, Ospedale Sant'Antonio di Padova, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria, Ospedale Sant'Eugenio: No patient satisfaction data was used to determine the score for these hospitals. Their scores relies on results from medical KPIs and recommendations from medical experts.

3 - Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France, University Hospital Of Wales, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Royal Victoria Hospital, Brighton General Hospital, Withington Community Hospital, South West Acute Hospital, The Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de Sao Paulo: No medical KPI was used to determine the score for these hospitals. Their scores relies on patient satisfaction data and recommendations from medical experts.

Best Hospitals – Spain