World's Best Hospitals 2021

By Newsweek

World's Best Hospitals 2021

This is the third year that Newsweek has partnered with Statista Inc, the respected global data research firm, to reveal the World's Best Hospitals— and it may be our most important ranking yet.

As the events of 2020 made clear, our lives and those of our loved ones may rest on the kind of health care we have access to. The 2,000 hospitals named in this list—which covers 25 countries, including United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Canada —stand out for their consistent excellence, including distinguished physicians, top-notch nursing care and state-of-the-art technology.

Of course we hope that we, and you, won't need to seek care or visit a friend or family member in any hospital this year. But if you do, this ranking of the World's Best Hospitals 2021 can help you feel confident as you make a critical choice about medical care.

— Nancy Cooper
Global Editor-in-Chief

Rank	Hospital	Country	Score	City	US State	Speciality	Footnotes
1	Mayo Clinic - Rochester	United States	N/A	Rochester	MN	N/A
2	Cleveland Clinic	United States	N/A	Cleveland	OH	N/A
3	Massachusetts General Hospital	United States	N/A	Boston	MA	N/A
4	Toronto General - University Health Network	Canada	N/A	Toronto		N/A	3
5	The Johns Hopkins Hospital	United States	N/A	Baltimore	MD	N/A
6	Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin	Germany	N/A	Berlin		N/A
7	Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset	Sweden	N/A	Solna		N/A
8	Singapore General Hospital	Singapore	N/A	Singapore		N/A
9	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois	Switzerland	N/A	Lausanne		N/A
10	Sheba Medical Center	Israel	N/A	Ramat Gan		N/A	3
11	AP-HP - Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière	France	N/A	Paris		N/A
12	Universitätsspital Zürich	Switzerland	N/A	Zürich		N/A
13	Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital	United States	N/A	Stanford	CA	N/A
14	Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg	Germany	N/A	Heidelberg		N/A
15	Rigshospitalet - København	Denmark	N/A	København		N/A
16	The University of Tokyo Hospital	Japan	N/A	Tokyo		N/A
17	Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center	United States	N/A	Los Angeles	CA	N/A
18	St. Luke's International Hospital	Japan	N/A	Tokyo		N/A
19	The Mount Sinai Hospital	United States	N/A	New York	NY	N/A
20	AP-HP - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou	France	N/A	Paris		N/A
21	Helsinki University Hospital	Finland	N/A	Helsinki		N/A
22	UMC Utrecht	The Netherlands	N/A	Utrecht		N/A
23	University of Michigan Hospitals - Michigan Medicine	United States	N/A	Ann Arbor	MI	N/A
24	Klinikum der Universität München	Germany	N/A	München		N/A
25	Brigham And Women's Hospital	United States	N/A	Boston	MA	N/A
26	Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre	Canada	N/A	Toronto		N/A
27	Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien - Medizinischer Universitätscampus	Austria	N/A	Wien		N/A
28	Oslo Universitetssykehus	Norway	N/A	Oslo		N/A
29	Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München	Germany	N/A	München		N/A
30	Mount Sinai Hospital	Canada	N/A	Toronto		N/A
31	UZ Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg	Belgium	N/A	Leuven		N/A
32	Aarhus Universitetshospital	Denmark	N/A	Aarhus		N/A
33	New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell	United States	N/A	New York	NY	N/A
34	Asan Medical Center	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
35	Universitätsspital Basel	Switzerland	N/A	Basel		N/A
36	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Brazil	N/A	Sao Paulo		N/A
37	Duke University Hospital	United States	N/A	Durham	NC	N/A
38	Hospital Clínic de Barcelona	Spain	N/A	Barcelona		N/A
39	Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) - Cluse-Roseraie	Switzerland	N/A	Genève		N/A
40	Medizinische Hochschule Hannover	Germany	N/A	Hannover		N/A
41	Mayo Clinic - Phoenix	United States	N/A	Phoenix	AZ	N/A
42	Seoul National University Hospital	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
43	Kameda Medical Center	Japan	N/A	Kamogawa		N/A
44	St Thomas' Hospital	United Kingdom	N/A	London		N/A
45	Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli	Italy	N/A	Roma		N/A
46	Akademiska Sjukhuset	Sweden	N/A	Uppsala		N/A
47	Amsterdam UMC	The Netherlands	N/A	Amsterdam		N/A
48	University College Hospital	United Kingdom	N/A	London		N/A
49	Landeskrankenhaus Universitätskliniken Innsbruck	Austria	N/A	Innsbruck		N/A
50	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	United States	N/A	Los Angeles	CA	N/A
51	Hospital Universitario La Paz	Spain	N/A	Madrid		N/A
52	Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi	Italy	N/A	Bologna		N/A
53	CHU Lille - Hôpital Claude-Huriez	France	N/A	Lille		N/A
54	Turku University Hospital	Finland	N/A	Turku		N/A
55	UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica	United States	N/A	Santa Monica	CA	N/A
56	The Royal Victoria Infirmary	United Kingdom	N/A	Newcastle Upon Tyne		N/A
57	The Alfred	Australia	N/A	Melbourne		N/A
58	Northwestern Memorial Hospital	United States	N/A	Chicago	IL	N/A
59	North York General Hospital	Canada	N/A	Toronto		N/A
60	Haukeland Universitetssykehus	Norway	N/A	Bergen		N/A
61	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian	United States	N/A	Philadelphia	PA	N/A
62	Kyushu University Hospital	Japan	N/A	Fukuoka		N/A
63	Universitätsklinikum Tübingen	Germany	N/A	Tübingen		N/A
64	Clinica Universidad de Navarra	Spain	N/A	Pamplona/Iruña		N/A
65	UCSF Medical Center	United States	N/A	San Francisco	CA	N/A
66	Tampere University Hospital	Finland	N/A	Tampere		N/A	3
67	Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón	Spain	N/A	Madrid		N/A
68	Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf	Germany	N/A	Hamburg		N/A
69	Houston Methodist Hospital	United States	N/A	Houston	TX	N/A
70	CHU Bordeaux - Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin	France	N/A	Bordeaux		N/A
71	Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine	Japan	N/A	Tokyo		N/A
72	Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda	Italy	N/A	Milano		N/A
73	Samsung Medical Center	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
74	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum	The Netherlands	N/A	Leiden		N/A
75	Rush University Medical Center	United States	N/A	Chicago	IL	N/A
76	Severance Hospital - Yonsei University	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
77	Universitätsklinikum Freiburg	Germany	N/A	Freiburg		N/A
78	Hospital Moinhos de Vento	Brazil	N/A	Porto Alegre		N/A
79	Istituto Clinico Humanitas	Italy	N/A	Rozzano		N/A
80	Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph	France	N/A	Paris		N/A
81	Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville	Australia	N/A	Parkville		N/A
82	Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville	United States	N/A	Jacksonville	FL	N/A
83	Universitätsklinikum Köln	Germany	N/A	Köln		N/A
84	Kyoto University Hospital	Japan	N/A	Kyoto		N/A
85	Universitätsklinikum Essen	Germany	N/A	Essen		N/A
86	NYU Langone Hospitals	United States	N/A	New York	NY	N/A
87	Seoul National University - Bundang Hospital	South Korea	N/A	Seongnam City		N/A
88	Ospedale San Raffaele - Gruppo San Donato	Italy	N/A	Milano		N/A
89	The Catholic University Of Korea - Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
90	Universitätsklinikum Erlangen	Germany	N/A	Erlangen		N/A
91	Kurashiki Central Hospital	Japan	N/A	Kurashiki		N/A
92	CHU Toulouse - Hôpital Purpan	France	N/A	Toulouse		N/A
93	IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova	Italy	N/A	Reggio Nell'Emilia		N/A
94	Polyclinique Santé Atlantique	France	N/A	St Herblain		N/A
95	University of Washington Medical Center	United States	N/A	Seattle	WA	N/A
96	Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre	Spain	N/A	Madrid		N/A
97	Korea University - Anam Hospital	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
98	Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova	Italy	N/A	Padova		N/A
99	Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron	Spain	N/A	Barcelona		N/A
100	Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital Lyon Sud	France	N/A	Pierre Benite		N/A
101-200	Aalborg Universitetshospital	Denmark	N/A	Aalborg		N/A
101-200	Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht	The Netherlands	N/A	Maastricht		N/A
101-200	Addenbrooke's	United Kingdom	N/A	Cambridge		N/A
101-200	Ajou University Hospital	South Korea	N/A	Suwon City		N/A	3
101-200	All India Institute of Medical Sciences - Delhi	India	N/A	Delhi		N/A
101-200	AP-HM - Hôpital de la Timone	France	N/A	Marseille		N/A
101-200	Barnes-Jewish Hospital	United States	N/A	Saint Louis	MO	N/A
101-200	Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center	United States	N/A	Houston	TX	N/A
101-200	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	United States	N/A	Boston	MA	N/A
101-200	Bumrungrad International Hospital	Thailand	N/A	Bangkok		N/A
101-200	Centro Médico ABC Campus Santa Fe	Mexico	N/A	Ciudad de México		N/A
101-200	CHU Grenoble - Site Nord	France	N/A	La Tronche		N/A
101-200	CHU Nantes - Site Hôtel-Dieu	France	N/A	Nantes		N/A
101-200	CHU Strasbourg - Hôpital de Hautepierre	France	N/A	Strasbourg		N/A
101-200	Chung-Ang University Hospital	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
101-200	Claraspital	Switzerland	N/A	Basel		N/A
101-200	Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital	United States	N/A	Cleveland	OH	N/A
101-200	Clinique Francois Chenieux	France	N/A	Limoges		N/A
101-200	Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc	Belgium	N/A	Brussels		N/A
101-200	Diakonhjemmet Oslo	Norway	N/A	Oslo		N/A	3
101-200	Emory University Hospital	United States	N/A	Atlanta	GA	N/A
101-200	Erasmus Medisch Centrum	The Netherlands	N/A	Rotterdam		N/A
101-200	Freeman Hospital	United Kingdom	N/A	Newcastle Upon Tyne		N/A
101-200	Gangnam Severance Hospital - Yonsei University	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
101-200	Gleneagles Hospital	Singapore	N/A	Singapore		N/A
101-200	Hackensack University Medical Center	United States	N/A	Hackensack	NJ	N/A
101-200	Hokkaido University Hospital	Japan	N/A	Hokkaido		N/A
101-200	Hospital Clínico San Carlos	Spain	N/A	Madrid		N/A
101-200	Hospital Médica Sur	Mexico	N/A	Ciudad de México		N/A
101-200	Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz	Brazil	N/A	Sao Paulo		N/A
101-200	Hospital Ramón y Cajal	Spain	N/A	Madrid		N/A
101-200	Hospital Sirio Libanes	Brazil	N/A	Sao Paulo		N/A	3
101-200	Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz	Spain	N/A	Madrid		N/A
101-200	Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío	Spain	N/A	Sevilla		N/A
101-200	Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe	Spain	N/A	Valencia		N/A
101-200	Jewish General Hospital	Canada	N/A	Montreal		N/A
101-200	Juntendo University Hospital	Japan	N/A	Tokyo		N/A
101-200	Kangbuk Samsung Hospital	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
101-200	Keck Hospital of USC	United States	N/A	Los Angeles	CA	N/A
101-200	Keio University Hospital	Japan	N/A	Tokyo		N/A
101-200	Klinik Hirslanden Zürich	Switzerland	N/A	Zürich		N/A
101-200	Kuopio University Hospital	Finland	N/A	Kuopio		N/A
101-200	KyungHee University Medical Center	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
101-200	Landeskrankenhaus - Universitätsklinikum Graz	Austria	N/A	Graz		N/A
101-200	Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg - Universitätsklinikum der PMU	Austria	N/A	Salzburg		N/A
101-200	Lindenhofspital Bern	Switzerland	N/A	Bern		N/A
101-200	Linz Kepler Universitätsklinikum	Austria	N/A	Linz		N/A
101-200	Medanta The Medicity	India	N/A	Gurgaon		N/A
101-200	Mercy Hospital St. Louis	United States	N/A	Saint Louis	MO	N/A
101-200	Monash Medical Centre - Clayton	Australia	N/A	Clayton		N/A
101-200	Morristown Medical Center	United States	N/A	Morristown	NJ	N/A
101-200	Nagoya University Hospital	Japan	N/A	Nagoya		N/A
101-200	National University Hospital	Singapore	N/A	Singapore		N/A	3
101-200	Norrlands Universitetssjukhus	Sweden	N/A	Umeå		N/A
101-200	Odense Universitetshospital	Denmark	N/A	Odense		N/A
101-200	OHSU Hospital	United States	N/A	Portland	OR	N/A	3
101-200	Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen	Austria	N/A	Linz		N/A
101-200	Osaka University Hospital	Japan	N/A	Osaka		N/A
101-200	Ospedale Borgo Trento	Italy	N/A	Verona		N/A
101-200	Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII	Italy	N/A	Bergamo		N/A	3
101-200	Ospedale Policlinico San Matteo	Italy	N/A	Pavia		N/A
101-200	Presidio Ospedaliero Spedali Civili di Brescia	Italy	N/A	Brescia		N/A
101-200	Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham	United Kingdom	N/A	Birmingham		N/A
101-200	Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum	The Netherlands	N/A	Nijmegen		N/A
101-200	Royal North Shore Hospital	Australia	N/A	St Leonards		N/A
101-200	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	Australia	N/A	Camperdown		N/A
101-200	Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla	United States	N/A	La Jolla	CA	N/A
101-200	St Vincent's Hospital - Fitzroy	Australia	N/A	Fitzroy		N/A
101-200	St. Bartholomew's Hospital	United Kingdom	N/A	London		N/A
101-200	St. Olavs Hospital	Norway	N/A	Trondheim		N/A
101-200	Teine Keijinkai Hospital	Japan	N/A	Sapporo		N/A
101-200	Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center	Israel	N/A	Tel Aviv		N/A
101-200	The Catholic University Of Korea - Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital	South Korea	N/A	Seoul		N/A
101-200	The Jikei University Hospital	Japan	N/A	Tokyo		N/A
101-200	Toranomon Hospital	Japan	N/A	Tokyo		N/A
101-200	Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya	Japan	N/A	Kawasaki		N/A
101-200	Torrance Memorial Medical Center	United States	N/A	Torrance	CA	N/A
101-200	UC San Diego Health - Jacobs Medical Center	United States	N/A	San Diego	CA	N/A
101-200	Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen	The Netherlands	N/A	Groningen		N/A
101-200	Universitätsklinikum Bonn	Germany	N/A	Bonn		N/A
101-200	Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden	Germany	N/A	Dresden		N/A
101-200	Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes	Germany	N/A	Homburg		N/A
101-200	Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf	Germany	N/A	Düsseldorf		N/A
101-200	Universitätsklinikum Regensburg	Germany	N/A	Regensburg		N/A
101-200	Universitätsklinikum Ulm	Germany	N/A	Ulm		N/A
101-200	Universitätsklinikum Würzburg	Germany	N/A	Würzburg		N/A
101-200	Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	Germany	N/A	Mainz		N/A
101-200	Universitetssjukhuset Linköping	Sweden	N/A	Linköping		N/A
101-200	University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center	United States	N/A	Cleveland	OH	N/A
101-200	University of California - Davis Medical Center	United States	N/A	Sacramento	CA	N/A
101-200	University of Chicago Medical Center	United States	N/A	Chicago	IL	N/A
101-200	UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital	United States	N/A	Aurora	CO	N/A
101-200	University of Kansas Hospital	United States	N/A	Kansas City	KS	N/A
101-200	University of Wisconsin Hospitals	United States	N/A	Madison	WI	N/A
101-200	Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego	Poland	N/A	Warszawa		N/A
101-200	UZ Gent	Belgium	N/A	Gent		N/A
101-200	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	United States	N/A	Nashville	TN	N/A
101-200	VCH - Vancouver General Hospital	Canada	N/A	Vancouver		N/A
101-200	Yale New Haven Hospital	United States	N/A	New Haven	CT	N/A
101-200	Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital	Japan	N/A	Yokohama		N/A

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Global Board of Medical Experts:

The global board of medical experts was founded by Statista to support the World's Best Hospitals 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 Hospital ranking lists the best hospitals in 25 countries: USA, Germany, Japan, South Korea, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Canada, India, Australia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Thailand, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Israel and Singapore. The countries were mainly selected based on standard of living/life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals and data availability.

The lists are based on three data sources:
• Recommendations from medical experts (doctors, hospitals managers, health care professionals)
• Results from patient surveys
• Medical KPIs on hospitals
• The number of hospitals awarded in each country varies based on the number of hospitals and data availability in the respective country. USA had the most hospitals awarded with 350, while Israel and Singapore were represented with 10 hospitals each. In total, 2,000 hospitals were ranked in this third edition of the ranking.
• Every hospital in each country is rated by a score.

Scores are only comparable between hospitals in the same country, because different sources for patient experience and medical KPIs were examined in each country. Since it was not possible to harmonize this data, cross-country comparisons of the scores are not possible (example: A score of 90 in country A doesn't necessarily mean that this hospital is better than a hospital with a score of 87 in country B).

• Specialized hospitals like heart or cancer hospitals differ in their offer from general hospitals, and therefore are displayed in a separate list. This list is sorted alphabetically because Hospitals with different specialties are not comparable.

U.S. hospitals were also awarded as best hospitals for infection prevention if they performed above the national average based on six different measures. This recognition is based on data from 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019, published by CMS.

• In addition to the country lists, the study includes a Global Top 200 list. This list includes a ranking of the 100 best global hospitals, ranks 101-200 are sorted alphabetically.

For the 2021 rankings, a hospital survey was designed and sent out to hospitals. The purpose of this survey is to determine the status quo of Patient Reported Outcome Measurements (PROMs) implementation in hospitals which are represented in the ranking. PROMs will play a more significant part in future editions of the ranking.

Download the methodology overview here.

Download the extended methodology here.

Footnotes:

1 - No medical KPI was used to determine the score for these hospitals. Their scores relies on patient satisfaction data and recommendations from medical experts.
2 - 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 - This hospital participated in the Statista hospital survey and is using Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).

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