27 PA Hospitals Among Best In U.S., Newsweek Says In New Ranking

PENNSYLVANIA — Twenty-seven of the best hospitals in the United States are in Pennsylvania, Newsweek said in its 2023 list of the World’s Best Hospitals.

Newsweek partnered with data firm Statista to release the fifth year of this list, which ranked 2,300 hospitals in 80 countries. The hospitals on the list are not only innovative and offer first-class care, but also “consistently attract the best people and provide the best outcomes for patients as well as the most important new therapies and research,” said Newsweek.

A global board of medical experts compiled the list based on four data sources: an online survey from medical experts, results from patient surveys, hospital quality metrics, and a PROM (patient-reported outcome measures) implementation survey.

Nancy Cooper, global editor-in-chief for Newsweek, said the goal of the study was to provide a data-based comparison of hospital reputations and performances across counties.

"We hope this will be useful to patients and families seeking the best care for themselves and loved ones, as well as to hospitals as they benchmark themselves against their peers," Cooper said.

Each hospital is rated by a score; read more about the methodology here.

Here are the 27 PA hospitals on the list, and where they ranked out of 420 U.S. hospitals.

• 15. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Penn Presbyterian, Philly (overall score 81.32 percent)
• 54. Jefferson Health - Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philly (overall score 70.16 percent)
• 58. UPMC Presbyterian and Shadyside, Pittsburgh (overall score 69.38 percent)
• 64. Penn State Health - Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey (overall score 68.83 percent)
• 76. Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, West Chester (overall score 67.46 percent)
• 103. Reading Hospital (overall score 65.62 percent)
• 116. St. Luke's Hospital Bethlehem (overall score 65.40 percent)
• 122. Doylestown Hospital (overall score 65.29 percent)
• 153. Lancaster General Hospital (overall score 64.62 percent)
• 168. Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood (overall score 64.41 percent)
• 185. Main Line Hospital - Paoli Hospital (overall score 64.21 percent)
• 192. Pennsylvania Hospital, Philly (overall score 64.14 percent)
• 228. Main Line Health-Bryn Mawr Hospital (overall score 63.78 percent)
• 266. Pinnacle Health Hospitals, Harrisburg (overall score 63.39 percent)
• 277. UPMC Magee-Women's Hospital, Pittsburgh (overall score 63.28 percent)
• 278. St. Clair Hospital, Pittsburgh (overall score 63.27 percent)
• 299. UPMC Altoona (overall score 63.06 percent)
• 343. Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College (overall score 62.62 percent)
• 347. Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes Barre (overall score 62.58 percent)
• 348. Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg (overall score 62.57 percent)
• 350. St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne (overall score 62.55 percent)
• 356. UPMC Horizon, Greenville (overall score 62.49 percent)
• 365. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown (overall score 62.40 percent)
• 377. Jefferson Abington Hospital (overall score 62.25 percent)
• 383. Temple University Hospital, Philly (overall score 62.15 percent)
• 400. WellSpan York Hospital (overall score 61.95 percent)

Five U.S. hospitals were in the top 10 on Newsweek's list of the World's Best Hospitals, including the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN (1), Cleveland Clinic in Ohio (2), Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (3), Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (4), and UCLA Health- Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles (10).

Correction: An earlier version of this story reported the incorrect state of the Mayo Clinic. It is Minnesota.