U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday released its "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings, naming the 10 best children's hospitals in the country as well as the top 50 children's hospitals in each of 10 pediatric specialties.
Cheat sheet: How US News picks its 'Best Children's Hospitals'
For the 13th annual "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings, researchers surveyed 191 facilities. According to U.S. News, 125 facilities submitted sufficient data to be considered for ranking in at least one of the 10 assessed specialties, which are:
The publication based its hospital scores on:
Overall, U.S. News recognized 84 hospitals in this year's rankings.
U.S. News named 10 hospitals to the Honor Roll, which denotes "pediatric centers that deliver exceptionally high quality care across multiple specialties."
The Honor Roll includes:
This is the sixth consecutive year that Boston Children's has taken the top spot on the honor roll.
Across the 10 specialty rankings, the No. 1 children's hospital for:
Download our one page sheets for summaries on the methodology and metric categories used in seven hospital quality rating programs:
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