CA's Best Hospitals For 2024: See Full List

CALIFORNIA — Throughout 2024, several data-based national rankings and safety grades helped California residents navigate the labyrinth of health care, and make decisions about the best places to have a baby, surgery or take care of other medical issues.

Here's a review of how California stacked up in analyses and rankings from various publications, government agencies and a health care watchdog group:

U.S. News & World Report's respected rankings included looks at the best maternity and overall hospitals in California. Read more:

• 5 CA Hospitals Among Best In U.S.: U.S. News
• These Hospitals Are The Best Places To Have A Baby In CA: U.S. News

The publication also released reports to help guide older California residents in their decisions about health care. Read more:

• 25 Best Independent Senior Living Homes In CA: U.S. News

Other publications also took a look at California residents' access to top hospitals. Read more:

• The 46 Best Hospitals In California: Newsweek
• 11 CA Hospitals Among America's Greatest In New List: Becker's

The watchdog Leapfrog Group's twice-a-year safety grades use both data and patient surveys to measure California hospitals' records on patient safety, infection rates and other patient experiences. Read more:

• New CA Hospital Safety Ratings: 93 Get 'A' Rating, 3 Get 'F' Grade
• 128 CA Hospitals Get 'A' Rating On New Safety Grades: See Full List

Healthgrades, which maintains a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals and health care providers, also released ratings on hospitals in California and others. Read more:

• 32 CA Hospitals Ranked Among Nation's Best 250