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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

RankHospitalCountryScoreCityUS StateSpecialityFootnotes1Hospital Clínic de BarcelonaSpain93.90%Barcelona2Hospital Universitario La PazSpain93.67%Madrid3Clinica Universidad de NavarraSpain87.64%Pamplona/Iruña4Hospital General Universitario Gregorio MarañónSpain87.27%Madrid5Hospital Universitario 12 de OctubreSpain86.76%Madrid6Hospital Universitari Vall d'HebronSpain86.11%Barcelona7Hospital Ramón y CajalSpain82.24%Madrid8Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la FeSpain78.50%Valencia9Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez DíazSpain78.43%Madrid10Hospital Clínico San CarlosSpain78.29%Madrid11Hospital Universitario Virgen del RocíoSpain78.11%Sevilla12Hospital Universitario Madrid SanchinarroSpain75.07%Madrid13Hospital Universitario Marqués de ValdecillaSpain74.95%Santander14Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant PauSpain74.41%Barcelona15Hospital Ruber InternacionalSpain74.22%Madrid16Centro Médico TeknonSpain74.15%Barcelona17Complexo Hospitalario Universitario a CoruñaSpain73.33%Coruña18Hospital Quirónsalud MadridSpain72.88%Pozuelo de Alarcón19Hospital Quirónsalud BarcelonaSpain72.45%Barcelona20Hospital Universitario Miguel ServetSpain71.92%Zaragoza21Hospital Universitario Puerta de HierroSpain71.86%Majadahonda22Hospital Universitario Virgen de Las NievesSpain71.76%Granada23Hospital Universitario Reina SofíaSpain71.65%Córdoba24Hospital Universitari de BellvitgeSpain71.62%Barcelona25Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Infanta LeonorSpain71.56%Madrid26Hospital Clínico Universitario de ValenciaSpain71.52%Valencia27Hospital Universitario la ZarzuelaSpain71.50%Madrid28Hospital Universitario Virgen MacarenaSpain71.25%Sevilla29Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset AleixandreSpain71.09%Valencia30Hospital Universitari Quirón DexeusSpain70.85%Barcelona31Hospital Universitario HM MontepríncipeSpain70.75%Boadilla del Monte32Hospital Universitario MoncloaSpain70.72%Madrid33Hospital Universitari Sagrat CorSpain70.60%Barcelona34Hospital Quironsalud MálagaSpain70.39%Málaga35Complejo Asistencial Universitario de SalamancaSpain70.38%Salamanca36Hospital Clínico Universitario de ValladolidSpain70.12%Valladolid37Hospital Universitario de CrucesSpain69.94%Barakaldo38Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de ValenciaSpain69.90%Valencia39Hospital de BarcelonaSpain69.80%Barcelona40Hospital Universitario Central de AsturiasSpain69.66%Oviedo41Hospital General de Ciudad RealSpain69.43%Ciudad Real42Hospital Universitario de la PrincesaSpain69.42%Madrid43Hospital del MarSpain69.42%Barcelona44Hospital Rey Juan CarlosSpain69.38%Móstoles45Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la ArrixacaSpain69.35%Murcia46Hospital Galdakao-UsansoloSpain69.30%Galdakao47Hospital Quironsalud Sagrado CorazónSpain69.19%Sevilla48Hospital 9 de OctubreSpain69.04%Valencia49Hospital General Universitario Reina SofíaSpain69.04%Murcia50Hospital San RoqueSpain68.95%Las Palmas de Gran Canaria51Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de CandelariaSpain68.94%Santa Cruz de Tenerife52Hospital Universitario Rio HortegaSpain68.88%Valladolid53Hospital Universitari General de CatalunyaSpain68.83%Sant Cugat del Vallès54Hospital Universitario Regional de MálagaSpain68.78%Málaga55Hospital General Universitario Santa LucíaSpain68.73%Cartagena56Hospital Sant RafaelSpain68.72%Barcelona57Hospital Universitario de MóstolesSpain68.66%Móstoles58Hospital Ruber Juan Bravo 49Spain68.65%Madrid59Hospital Universitario TorrecárdenasSpain68.64%Almería60Hospital Universitario Virgen de ValmeSpain68.63%Sevilla61Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol de BadalonaSpain68.59%Badalona62Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de SantiagoSpain68.58%Santiago de Compostela63Hospital General Universitario de AlicanteSpain68.54%Alicante/Alacant64Hospital de BasurtoSpain68.48%Bilbao65Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de VigoSpain68.48%Vigo66Hospital Universitario Juan Ramón JiménezSpain68.46%Huelva67Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de BadajozSpain68.33%Badajoz68Hospital Universitario Virgen de la VictoriaSpain68.32%Málaga69Hospital Universitario de ArabaSpain68.30%Vitoria-Gasteiz70Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de DéuSpain68.19%Sant Boi de Llobregat71Complejo Hospitalario San Millan San Pedro de la RiojaSpain68.15%Logroño72Hospital Universitario Fundación AlcorcónSpain68.12%Alcorcón73Hospital de Sant Joan de DéuSpain68.03%Manresa74Hospital HM de MadridSpain68.01%Madrid75Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor NegrínSpain67.93%Las Palmas de Gran Canaria76Hospital Universitario de Puerto RealSpain67.85%Puerto Real77Hospital Santa MariaSpain67.83%Lleida78Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de AlbaceteSpain67.82%Albacete79Hospital la MoralejaSpain67.78%Madrid80Hospital Universitario de JaénSpain67.75%Jaén81Hospital Universitario San CecilioSpain67.74%Granada82Complejo Hospitalario del Área de Salud de MéridaSpain67.68%Mérida83Hospital Católico Casa de SaludSpain67.63%Valencia84Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de FerrolSpain67.58%Ferrol85Clínica HLA VistahermosaSpain67.52%Alicante/Alacant86Hospital Universitario DonostiaSpain67.46%Donostia/San Sebastián87Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès BroggiSpain67.43%Sant Joan Despí88Fundación Hospital de JoveSpain67.39%Gijón89Clínica Sagrada FamíliaSpain67.38%Barcelona90Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de CáceresSpain67.26%Cáceres91Hospital de SabadellSpain67.19%Sabadell92Hospital Costa del SolSpain67.18%Marbella93Hospital Universitario San Juan de AlicanteSpain67.11%Sant Joan d'Alacant94Hospital Universitario Príncipe de AsturiasSpain67.11%Alcalá de Henares95Complejo Asistencial Universitario de LeónSpain67.09%León96Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano BlesaSpain67.07%Zaragoza97Hospital de PonienteSpain66.97%El Ejido98Hospital de ManisesSpain66.92%Manises99Hospital Universitario de GetafeSpain66.79%Getafe100Hospital General la Mancha CentroSpain66.76%Alcázar de San Juan

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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).

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