Best U.S. Hospitals

Hospitals that rank best in specific areas can be found at this site. Specialties of a hospital can include treatment for cancer, cardiovascular, gastroenterology, endocrinology, neonates, nephrology, neurology, orthopedics, pediatrics, urology. The rankings of hospitals listed are based on the following criteria:

• Offers care in a particular specialty-especially good outcomes with difficult cases
• Teaching hospital associated with a medical school
• Minimum of beds and technological/diagnostic equipment
• Volume (treats a minimum number of Medicare patients and patients with specific problems
• Reputation
• Patient survival
• Patient safety
• Care-related factors (nursing and patient services)  

Find rankings of hospitals by specialty.