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World's Best Hospitals 2022

The world's hospitals have been the front line in medicine's constantly evolving war against COVID-19 for two years now. According to the experts who helped guide the results of our annual ranking of the World's Best Hospitals, that has meant learning to adapt to new and existing challenges quickly and improvising on the fly.

For instance, according to Dr. Gary S. Kaplan, former CEO of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and current senior vice president of CommonSpirit Health, "The pandemic has exacerbated a worldwide healthcare staffing shortage, especially in nursing."

David Bates, chief of general internal medicine and primary care at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital (No. 17 on Newsweek's Best Hospitals Global Leaders list) says, "We had to very rapidly convert beds to ICU beds, and close large sections of the hospital, then come up with staff to cover those beds. There were also great challenges with managing our supply chain for things like ventilators and personal protective equipment."

Dr. Christoph Meier, Director of the Department of Internal Medicine at University Hospital Zurich (No. 15 on our Global Leaders list) says, "Many lessons could be learned from COVID, such as recognizing the efficacy of virtual meetings, valuing the importance of hospital hygiene and emphasizing the importance of generalists over siloed specialization. The biggest challenge was the joint setting of individual priorities for a common goal."

Many medical institutions struggled with these and other challenges over the course of the pandemic but what has set the world's leading hospitals apart is their continued ability to deliver the highest-quality patient care and conduct critical medical research even as they focused on battling COVID. Indeed, as the fourth annual ranking of the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek and Statista shows, consistency in excellence is the hallmark of these institutions, with familiar names dominating the list and top spots.

The hospitals that have fared best during the pandemic are those that have learned to work faster by communicating better and breaking down internal silos, according to Dr. Gregory Katz, professor of Innovation & Value in Health at the University of Paris School of Medicine: "A critical facilitator of velocity is broad participation from hospital teams. If there is one thing we take away from our fight against COVID-19, it's the value of preparation. For hospital leaders, it's all about choice, not chance."

Dr. Jens Deerberg-Wittram, CEO and president of Romed Kliniken, a German nonprofit health system, says much of that preparation comes down to being ready to pay for the nuts-and-bolts necessary to take of very sick people. "We learned over the pandemic," he says, "that those hospitals truly make a difference in a global crisis who are running expensive and resource-intense infrastructure like emergency departments, ICUs, ECMO [extracorporeal membrane oxygen machines] et cetera."

How do the leading hospitals maintain their top status in the midst of a global pandemic that has turned the medical world upside down? The ability and drive to continually innovate is key—and top talent is at the heart of that. As Bates says, "Premier hospitals remain strong largely by attracting the best people, those who are focused on developing new approaches to care and making care better."

Kaplan adds, "Top hospitals maintain their excellence by having clear and embraced missions and aspirational visions leading to constancy of purpose that is lived daily by all staff. This must be coupled with leadership constancy and consistency that creates alignment from the boardroom to the front line of care."

According to Deerberg-Wittram, "A certain intellectual mindset, an academic culture, a strong focus on patient outcomes and an inspiring environment for young talents are the ingredients for a premier hospital that lasts over decades."

This year's rankings represent an expanded universe, with three new countries on the list—Colombia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates—bringing the total to over 2,200 hospitals in 27 countries. And the results show a remarkable cross-section of excellence across the world: Twenty one countries are represented in the global top 150. The U.S. leads with 33 hospitals, followed by Germany with 14; Italy and France with 10 each; and South Korea with eight. Overall, there were 13 new hospitals in this year's top 100. Among the biggest movers from last year's rankings were No. 14 Universitätsspital Basel, up from 35 last year; No. 28 Northwestern Memorial Hospital (58 in 2021); No. 43 Seoul's Samsung Medical Center (73) and No. 59 New York's NYU Langone Hospitals (86).

The goal of this study is to provide the best data-based comparison of hospital reputation and performance across countries. We hope this will be useful not only to patients and families seeking the best care for themselves and loved ones, but also to hospitals as they benchmark themselves against their peers during a period of unprecedented change.

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RankHospitalScoreCityFootnote1AP-HP - Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière94.14%Paris2AP-HP - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou85.68%Paris3CHU Lille - Hôpital Claude-Huriez82.20%Lille4CHU Bordeaux - Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin79.60%Bordeaux5Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph78.64%Paris6Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital Lyon Sud78.47%Pierre Benite7Polyclinique Santé Atlantique78.40%St Herblain8AP-HM - Hôpital de la Timone78.21%Marseille9CHU Toulouse - Hôpital Purpan78.00%Toulouse10Hospices Civils de Lyon - CHU Louis Pradel77.10%Bron11CHU Grenoble - Site Nord77.09%La Tronche12AP-HM - Hôpital Nord77.05%Marseille13AP-HP - Hôpital Cochin77.04%Paris14CHU Nantes - Site Hôtel-Dieu77.03%Nantes15Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital Edouard Herriot77.03%Lyon16Clinique Pasteur76.97%Toulouse17AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard76.80%Paris18CHRU Nancy - Hôpital Central76.11%Nancy19Elsan - Clinique Saint-Augustin76.03%Bordeaux20Hôpital Saint-Joseph76.01%Marseille21AP-HP - Hôpital Saint-Antoine76.00%Paris22Clinique de l'Anjou75.41%Angers23Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse75.36%Lyon24CHU Strasbourg - Hôpital de Hautepierre75.16%Strasbourg25AP-HP - Hôpital Henri-Mondor75.06%Creteil26Clinique Francois Chenieux74.84%Limoges27Hôpitaux Privés de Metz - Hôpital Robert Schuman74.73%Vantoux28Hôpitaux Privés de Metz - Hôpital Belle-Isle74.72%Metz29Clinique de L'Europe Rouen74.52%Rouen30Hôpital Européen74.44%Marseille31CHU Tours - Hôpital Bretonneau74.38%Tours32Hopital Americain74.38%Neuilly Sur Seine33Ramsay Santé - Hopital Prive Jean Mermoz74.29%Lyon34CHU Dijon-Bourgogne - Hopital François Mitterant74.28%Dijon35AH-HP - Hôpital Antoine Béclère74.23%Clamart36CHU Nice - Hôpital Pasteur74.22%Nice37CHU Strasbourg - Hôpital Civil74.22%Strasbourg38CHU Nîmes - Hopital Carémeau74.15%Nîmes39Hôpital Albert Schweitzer74.14%Colmar40Ramsay Santé - Hopital Prive Dijon Bourgogne73.99%Dijon41CHU Lyon - Hôpital Renée Sabran73.88%Hyeres42Centre Hospitalier de Bligny73.68%Briis Sous Forges43Hopital Privé de Provence - Polyclinique du Parc Rambot73.67%Aix En Provence244CH Privé - St Grégoire73.57%St Grégoire45Institut Mutualiste Montsouris73.56%Paris46Infirmerie Protestante de Lyon73.51%Caluire Et Cuire47Polyclinique Reims-Bezannes73.43%Bezannes48Centre Hospitalier Lourdes73.43%Lourdes49Ramsay Santé - Hopital Prive La Louviere73.42%Lille50Hopital Prive Cannes Oxford73.26%Cannes51Médipôle de Savoie73.21%Challes Les Eaux52Hôpital d'Instruction Des Armées Clermont-Tonnerre73.19%Brest253Ramsay Santé - Hôpital Privé Clairval73.15%Marseille54Centre Hospitalier Grasse72.91%Grasse55Elsan - Polyclinique de Gentilly72.86%Nancy56AP-HP - Hôpital Bicêtre72.82%Le Kremlin Bicetre57Clinique Mutualiste Jules-Vernes72.80%Nantes58Centre Hospitalier Toulon - Hôpital Sainte Musse72.80%Toulon59Elsan - Hôpital Privé la Châtaigneraie72.79%Beaumont60CHU Bordeaux - Hôpital Saint-André72.79%Bordeaux61Clinique Saint-George72.70%Nice62Clinique Rhena Association72.70%Strasbourg63CHU Toulouse - Hôpital Rangueil72.66%Toulouse64Ramsay Santé - Hopital Privé Le Bois72.65%Lille65Clinique Saint Germain72.65%St Germain En Laye66AP-HP - Hôpital Saint-Louis72.53%Paris67Clinique Mutualiste de La Sagesse72.53%Rennes68CHU Montpellier - Hopital Lapeyronie72.46%Montpellier69Clinique Internationale Parc Monceau72.33%Paris70Ramsay Santé - Hopital Prive de La Loire72.32%St. Etienne71Nouvelle Clinique Bel-Air72.31%Bordeaux72CHU Grenoble - Site Sud72.23%Echirolles73Centre Hospitalier Ouest Reunion72.13%St Paul74Hôpital Privé du Confluent72.12%Nantes75Elsan - Polyclinique Médipôle Saint-Roch72.10%Cabestany76Hôpital Foch72.07%Suresnes77CHU Clermont-Ferrand - CHU Gabriel-Montpied72.06%Clermont Ferrand78Ramsay Santé - Clinique de l'Union72.02%St. Jean79Pôle santé Oréliance72.01%Saran80Hopital de La Croix Saint Simon71.99%Paris81AP-HP - Hôpital Cochin Saint-Vincent-de-Paul71.98%Paris82CHI Créteil71.98%Creteil83CH Valenciennes71.98%Valenciennes84Ramsay Santé - Hôpital Privé Bois Bernard71.97%Bois Bernard85CHU Saint-Étienne - Hôpital Bellevue71.96%St Etienne286Clinique Rive-Gauche71.94%Toulouse87AMP BIO CHU NANTES SITE JULES VERNE71.92%Nantes88Elsan - CHP Brest - Polyclinique de Keraudren71.91%Brest89AP-HP - Hôpital Lariboisière71.91%Paris90Groupement des Hôpitaux de l'Institut Catholique de Lille - Hôpital Saint-Philibert71.79%Lomme91CH Annecy Genevois - site Annecy71.77%Annecy92Centre Hospitalier Saint Joseph et Saint Luc71.58%Lyon93AP-HP - Hôpital Albert Chenevier71.50%Creteil294AP-HP - Hôpital Tenon71.48%Paris95Polyclinique Saint-Roch71.48%Montpellier96CH Colmar - Hôpital Louis Pasteur71.37%Colmar97Centre Hospitalier de Cornouaille - Site de Laënnec71.35%Quimper98Hôpital Privé des Côtes-d'Armor71.34%Plerin99Centre Hospitalier Saint-Brieuc - Hôpital Yves Le Foll71.34%St Brieuc100Centre Hospitalier Le Mans71.32%Le Mans101CHU Lille - Hôpital Salengro71.32%Lille102Clinique Louis Pasteur71.31%Essey Les Nancy103CH Dunkerque71.25%Dunkerque104Elsan - Polyclinique Vauban71.24%Valenciennes105Clinique Saint-Jean71.19%Montpellier106Clinique de Saint Joseph71.16%St Joseph2107CHU Rouen Normandie - Hôpital Charles-Nicolle71.16%Rouen108Clinique Sainte-Anne71.12%Strasbourg109Elsan - Clinique Saint-Pièrre71.11%Perpignan110CHRU Nancy - Hôpitaux de Brabois71.09%Vandoeuvre Les Nancy111CHU Toulouse - Hôpital Larrey71.08%Toulouse112Groupement des Hôpitaux de l'Institut Catholique de Lille - Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul71.07%Lille113CHU Besançon - Hôpital Jean Minjoz71.05%Besançon114AP-HP - Hôpital Avicenne-Bobigny71.01%Bobigny115CHU Poitiers - La Milétrie71.00%Poitiers116Centre Hospitalier Privé Sainte Marie70.99%Osny117CH Calais - Hôpital Jean Eric Techer70.98%Calais118CHR Metz-Thionville - Hôpital de Mercy70.98%Ars Laquenexy119Ramsay Santé - Clinique La Croix du Sud70.95%Quint-Fonsegrives120AP-HP - Hôpital Armand-Trousseau70.93%Paris121AP-HM - Hôpital Sainte Marguerite70.93%Marseille122AP-HP - Hôpital Beaujon70.77%Clichy123Chr Lille70.73%Lille2124Centre Hospitalier de Cannes70.69%Cannes125Centre Hospitalier Henri Dunant La Charite-Sur-Loire70.65%La Charite Sur Loire2126Hopital La Porte Verte70.64%Versailles2127Centre Hospitalier Chartres Louis Pasteur-Le Coudray70.48%Le Coudray128Hôpital Marie Lannelongue70.35%Le Plessis Robinson129CH de Valence70.20%Valence130CH Châteaubriant-Nozay-Pouance - Site Châteaubriant70.14%Chateaubriant131AP-HP - Hôpital Joffre Dupuytren70.12%Draveil2

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Methodology

The World's Best Hospitals 2022 ranking lists the best hospitals in 27 countries: U.S.,- Germany, Japan, South Korea, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Canada, India, Australia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Austria, Thailand, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Colombia.The countries were selected based on multiple comparability factors, such as standard of living/life expectancy,population size, number of hospitals and data availability. The lists are based on three data sources:
1. Over 80,0000 medical experts (doctors, hospitals managers, health care professionals) in 27 countries were invited to participate in the online survey. Participants were asked to recommend hospitals in their own country as well as in other countries. Recommendations for own employer/ hospital were not allowed.
2. Results from patient experience surveys. Publicly available data from existing patient surveys was used to analyze patient experience.Patient surveys are typically conducted by insurance companies among patients after hospitalization. Examples of survey topics include: general satisfaction with hospital, recommendation of hospital and satisfaction with medical care.
3. Medical key performance indicators (KPIs) on hospitals e.g., data on quality of treatment and hygiene measures.KPIs from a variety of public sources were collected for most countries. KPIs differ between the countries. Examples of included data are data on quality of care for specific treatments, data on hygiene measures and patient safety and data on number of patients per doctors and per nurse.

Scores were calculated for each hospital in each of the three categories and weighted: Peer recommendation (50% national, 5% international), patient experience (15%), medical KPIs (30%).

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 (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).

The preliminary rankings were sent to an international network of medical journalists for plausibility checks. A global board of renowned medical experts validated the rankings.

The number of hospitals awarded in each country varies based on the number of hospitals and data availability in the respective country. The U.S. had the most hospitals awarded with 420, while Israel and Singapore were represented with 10 hospitals each. In total, more than 2,200 hospitals were ranked for this fourth edition of the ranking.

The online edition of this study includes a Global Top 250 list. The list includes a ranking of the 150 best global hospitals, ranks 151–250 are sorted alphabetically. The top 150 were determined by the number of international recommendations received and their national rank. Ranks 151 through 250 consist of the next best hospitals in each country. They are sorted alphabetically because the data is too heterogeneous between countries to allow for further cross-country comparison. The global list does not include specialized hospitals.

The rankings are comprised exclusively of hospitals that are eligible regarding the scope described in this article. A mention in the ranking is a positive recognition based on peer recommendations and publicly available data sources at the time. The ranking is the result of an elaborate process which, due to the interval of data-collection and analysis, is a reflection of the last calendar year. Furthermore, events preceding or following the period 01/01/2021–12/31/2021 and/or pertaining to individual persons affiliated/associated to the facilities were not included in the metrics. As such, the results of this ranking should not be used as the sole source of information for future deliberations. The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information about hospitals or, if possible, accompanied by a visit to a facility. The quality of hospitals that are not included in the rankings is not disputed. The full rankings and methodology are available online.

Download the methodology overview here.
Download the extended methodology here.

Disclaimer:
The rankings are comprised exclusively of hospitals that are eligible regarding the scope described in this article. A mention in the ranking is a positive recognition based on peer recommendations and publicly available data sources at the time. The ranking is the result of an elaborate process which, due to the interval of data-collection and analysis, is a reflection of the last calendar year. Furthermore, events preceding or following the period 01/01/2021-31/12/2021 and/or pertaining to individual persons affiliated/associated to the facilities were not included in the metrics. As such, the results of this ranking should not be used as the sole source of information for future deliberations. The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information about hospitals or, if possible, accompanied by a visit to a facility. The quality of hospitals that are not included in the rankings is not disputed.

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.