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
1	The Alfred	Australia	89.80%	Melbourne
2	Royal Melbourne Hospital - Parkville	Australia	89.23%	Parkville
3	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	Australia	88.61%	Camperdown
4	Royal North Shore Hospital	Australia	87.31%	St Leonards
5	St Vincent's Hospital - Fitzroy	Australia	84.88%	Fitzroy
6	Monash Medical Centre - Clayton	Australia	84.16%	Clayton
7	Austin Hospital - Heidelberg	Australia	83.30%	Heidelberg
8	Gold Coast University Hospital	Australia	80.27%	Southport
9	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	Australia	80.05%	Nedlands
10	St Vincent’s Hospital - Darlinghurst	Australia	79.96%	Darlinghurst
11	Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital	Australia	79.36%	Herston
12	The Prince Charles Hospital	Australia	78.98%	Chermside
13	Westmead Hospital	Australia	77.22%	Westmead
14	Princess Alexandra Hospital	Australia	76.75%	Woolloongabba
15	Mater Hospital Brisbane	Australia	76.74%	South Brisbane
16	Prince of Wales Hospital	Australia	76.58%	Randwick
17	The Townsville Hospital	Australia	75.65%	Douglas
18	St Vincent's Private - Sydney	Australia	75.32%	Darlinghurst
19	Liverpool Hospital	Australia	75.09%	Liverpool
20	Royal Darwin Hospital	Australia	74.60%	Tiwi
21	John Hunter Hospital	Australia	74.46%	New Lambton
22	Prince of Wales Private Hospital	Australia	72.96%	Randwick
23	Royal Perth Hospital - Wellington Street Campus	Australia	71.92%	Perth
24	Flinders Medical Centre	Australia	71.88%	Bedford Park
25	St George Hospital	Australia	71.86%	Kogarah
26	Eastern Health - Angliss Hospital	Australia	71.68%	Upper Ferntree Gully
27	The Wesley Hospital	Australia	71.64%	Auchenflower
28	North Shore Private Hospital	Australia	71.59%	St Leonards
29	Northeast Health Wangaratta	Australia	71.49%	Wangaratta
30	Nambour General Hospital	Australia	71.41%	Nambour
31	Royal Adelaide Hospital	Australia	71.20%	Adelaide
32	Cabrini Health - Malvern	Australia	71.17%	Malvern
33	The Canberra Hospital	Australia	71.11%	Garran
34	Eastern Health - Box Hill Hospital	Australia	71.06%	Box Hill
35	Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital	Australia	70.67%	Hornsby
36	Sutherland Hospital	Australia	70.30%	Caringbah
37	Orange Health Service	Australia	70.12%	Orange
38	University Hospital Geelong	Australia	69.98%	Geelong
39	Sunshine Coast University Hospital	Australia	69.82%	Birtinya
40	Beleura Private Hospital	Australia	69.81%	Mornington
41	Western Hospital - Footscray	Australia	69.76%	Footscray
42	St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital	Australia	69.69%	Brisbane
43	Belmont Hospital	Australia	69.68%	Belmont
44	Ramsay Health Care - Mitcham Private Hospital	Australia	69.66%	Mitcham
45	Ramsay Health Care - Cairns Private Hospital	Australia	69.64%	Cairns
46	Auburn Hospital	Australia	69.63%	Sydney
47	Concord Hospital	Australia	69.62%	Concord
48	The Queen Elizabeth Hospital	Australia	69.57%	Woodville
49	The Tweed Hospital	Australia	69.51%	Tweed Heads
50	Robina Hospital	Australia	69.42%	Gold Coast
51	Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital	Australia	69.39%	Coopers Plains
52	Macquarie University Hospital	Australia	69.10%	Macquarie University
53	Hervey Bay Hospital	Australia	68.89%	Pialba

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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 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).

Best Hospitals 2021 - Australia

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