Recently, Newsweek and global data company Statista launched the list of the best hospitals in the world in 2023.
The list has been published for five consecutive years, ranking from more than 2,300 hospitals in 28 countries and regions. Based on the opinions of more than 80,000 medical experts, surveys and hospital quality indicators, the list has selected the top 250 best hospitals in the world.
TOP10 list of the best hospitals
These hospitals are in the leading position in the industry in terms of treatment scale, patient experience, clinical research and medical teaching.
First place: Mayo Clinic.
Founded in 1864, Mayo Clinic is headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota, and currently has 19 hospitals in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, providing medical services to more than 1.3 million people every year. Mayo Clinic is one of the world-renowned medical institutions and is considered as one of the top hospitals in the United States.
It has always been committed to providing excellent medical services and is in a leading position in medical technology, research and education. Its research results and medical experience have a high influence and reputation around the world, attracting patients and medical experts from all over the world to learn and communicate.
Second place in Cleveland Clinic, USA.
Cleveland Medical Center, located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, is a non-profit multidisciplinary academic medical center integrating clinical treatment, patient care, research and education.
Cleveland Medical Center was founded on February 28th, 1921. After disaster and depression, it has become one of the busy and innovative medical centers in the world.
The headquarters of Cleveland Medical Center has more than 1,400 beds, and the whole hospital system has 4,400 beds. It is one of the super-large and prestigious hospitals in the United States. The medical center has always been famous for its medical breakthroughs and organ transplants, including the first complete face transplant in the United States.
The third place is Massachusetts General Hospital.
Massachusetts General Hospital has a history of more than 200 years. It is one of the three oldest hospitals in the United States and the earliest and largest teaching hospital in Harvard Medical School.
Massachusetts General Hospital has five world-famous multidisciplinary medical centers, including cancer center, heart center, digestive center, transplantation center and vascular center, and has produced 13 Nobel Prize winners so far. With an annual research budget of over 912 million dollars, Massachusetts General Hospital has the largest hospital research plan, and more than 1,200 clinical trials are being conducted at almost any given time.
The fourth place is The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Johns Hopkins Hospital was founded by American bankers, philanthropists and abolitionists in the late 19th century. It is a large general hospital located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It is the teaching and research hospital of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the second largest medical school in the United States, second only to Harvard Medical School.
The health system of Johns Hopkins Hospital includes six academic and commercial hospitals, four medical care and surgical centers, and more than 40 patient care places, serving more than 3 million patients every year. At the same time, the hospital’s gender identity clinic is a pioneer in neurosurgery and child psychiatry, and it is also the first clinic in the United States to perform male-female reassignment surgery.
Fifth place Toronto General Hospital, TGH)
Toronto General Hospital is a top comprehensive medical institution located in Toronto, Canada. It is one of the oldest hospitals in Canada and was established in 1819. Toronto General Hospital is an affiliated hospital of the University of Toronto and a part of University Health Network(UHN), which includes several teaching hospitals, such as Toronto West Hospital and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.
Toronto General Hospital is also the largest and most funded research institution in Canada and the largest transplantation center in North America. As a teaching hospital of the University of Toronto, the hospital led transplant research and innovation in 2015 and achieved many "firsts". Since 1819, Toronto General Hospital has been a leader in heart care, organ transplantation and treatment for complex patients. The hospital also performed the first robot-assisted brain surgery.
The sixth place is Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden.
Karolinska University Hospital is a comprehensive medical institution located in Stockholm, Sweden, and one of the world famous medical institutions. Founded in 1930, it is one of the largest medical institutions in Sweden. Karolinska University Hospital is in a leading position in the fields of medical technology, research and education, and is committed to providing patients with the most advanced medical technology and the best quality medical services. Karolinska University Hospital has also cooperated closely with Karolinska University and trained many famous medical experts and scholars.
Seventh place in Charité–Universittsmedizin Berlin, Germany.
Founded in 1710, Charette Medical College is now affiliated to Humboldt University and Free University of Berlin, and it is the largest medical institution in Europe. It has four different branches in Berlin. There are about 100 clinics and research institutes, a total of 17 Berlin Sharit Medical Center, which has gathered a large number of medical experts. All kinds of diseases and symptoms in the world can be treated here, and they are in the world’s leading position in orthopedics and eye tumor treatment.
Chariot Medical College has the frontier technology of biomedical innovation and a perfect biotechnology entrepreneurship laboratory. Half of the German Nobel Prize winners in medicine and physiology came to Charette Medical College, which is internationally renowned for its excellent teaching and training.
Eighth place in Paris, France, Pitier Salpetriere Hospital (AP-HP-H Pitial Universitaire Pitié Salpê triè re).
Paris Pitier Salpetrier Hospital is a comprehensive medical institution in Paris, France, and one of the famous medical institutions in Europe. It belongs to the group "Assistance Publique-h pitaux de Paris" under the French Ministry of Health and Social Security, and was founded in 1979. In addition, the hospital is also an important base for education and research in French universities, and has close cooperation with many French universities.
The ninth place is Singapore General Hospital.
Singapore Central Hospital is a comprehensive medical institution located in Singapore and one of the largest and most famous medical institutions in Singapore. Founded in 1821, it is one of the oldest medical institutions in Singapore.
Singapore Central Hospital is also an important base for education and research in Singapore University, and has close cooperation with many universities such as National University of Singapore and Lee Kuan Yew Medical College. In 2010, the hospital was awarded the Magnet certification by American Nurses Credentialing Center, making it the first hospital in Asia to receive this honor.
10th place: UCLA Health-Ronald Reagan Medical Center.
Ronald Reagan Medical Center (UCLA Medical Center for short) of UCLA is a top comprehensive medical institution located in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is one of the affiliated hospitals of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a part of UCLA health system.
This medical center is one of the most prestigious and famous teaching hospitals in the world. It has eight hospitals under its jurisdiction, ranking in the top five in the comprehensive ranking of the United States for a long time, ranking first in the comprehensive ranking of the west coast of the United States, and 14 people have won the Nobel Prize successively. AIDS was first discovered in this hospital in 1981. At present, Robert Reagan Medical Center has 15 adult disciplines and 10 pediatric disciplines among the best in the United States. It is the first choice hospital for Hollywood movie stars and many dignitaries, and also the attending health care hospital of President Reagan. At the same time, the hospital is in a leading position in the world in the diagnosis and treatment of difficult and complex diseases.
These hospitals represent the top medical institutions in the world, providing high-quality medical services to patients and taking the lead in medical research and innovation. In addition, recently, a ranking of "Top 250 Global Hospitals in 2023" was circulated on social media. It is understood that Brand Finance, an independent third-party brand value evaluation and consulting agency, released the ranking of "Top 250 Global Hospitals in 2023". In the ranking, Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University Medical Center ranked in the top three. In this ranking, four hospitals in China were selected, namely Renji Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University.
It is understood that the natural index was first released by Springer Nature Group in 2014, and has now become an important indicator for evaluating the output of high-level academic achievements of scientific research institutions. The natural index mainly calculates and counts the number of research papers published by scientific research institutions in 82 natural Science journals such as Nature Series, Science and Cell in the previous year.