Cleveland Clinic Ranked 2nd Best Hospital In World

The Cleveland Clinic was just ranked the second best hospital in the world by Newsweek. They were joined on the list by several other Ohio hospitals.

The magazine’s “World’s Best Hospitals 2019” list was created in partnership with Statista, a global market research and consumer data company. According to Newsweek, 1,000 hospitals from around the world were selected for the list “based on recommendations from medical professionals, patient survey results and medical performance indicators.”

Among the top 10 hospitals in the world, four were in the United States. The U.S. hospitals that made the top 10 are:

• Mayo Clinic-Rochester; Rochester, Minnesota (1)
• Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, Ohio (2)
• The Johns Hopkins Hospitals; Baltimore, Maryland (4)
• Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts (6)

In addition to the global rankings, which ranked the top 10 hospitals in the world and listed 90 other hospitals in alphabetical order, Newsweek also ranked the best hospitals by country. The magazine explained that the scores awarded to each hospital are only comparable to hospitals in the same country.

More than 200 U.S. hospitals made Newsweek’s 2019 list. The Ohio hospitals on the list are:

• Cleveland Clinic (2)
• Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital (19)
• University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (24)
• Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
• Cleveland Clinic Akron General
• Miami Valley Hospital
• University of Cincinnati Medical Center
• Christ Hospital
• ProMedica Toledo Hospital
• Aultman Hospital
• Bethesda North Hospital
• Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health
• UH Parma Medical Center
• Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital

Newsweek’s rankings list the best hospitals in the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia and Israel.

You can read more about the rankings and methodology from Newsweek here.