Physicians ranked New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston among the top hospitals across various specialties, according to a recent Medscape report.
Medscape analysts surveyed 8,504 physicians across more than 25 specialties between Dec. 5, 2016 and March 27, 2017. The survey concerned which hospitals physicians preferred to be treated at or where they would send a family member for treatment of a complex or difficult condition.
When describing their preferences, respondents considered whether the hospital could provide medically respected physician expertise (42 percent), maintained a good reputation among colleagues (19 percent) and had a specific physician at the facility (13 percent).
Here are the 22 hospitals physicians preferred most, listed by specialty and including ties.
Top hospitals for breast cancer
1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City)
2. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
3. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
4. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston)
5. Cleveland Clinic
6. The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
7. Stanford (Calif.) Health Care
7. City of Hope's Helford Clinical Research Hospital (Duarte, Calif.)
7. Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.)
10. UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco)
10. Brigham & Women's Hospital (Boston)
Top hospitals for prostate cancer
1. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
3. Mayo Clinic
4. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
5. Cleveland Clinic
6. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
6. UCSF Medical Center
8. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
9. Duke University Hospital
9. Stanford Health Care
Top hospitals for hip replacement
1. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
2. Mayo Clinic
3. Cleveland Clinic
4. Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
4. New England Baptist Hospital (Boston)
4. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
4. Massachusetts General Hospital
8. Duke University Hospital
8. UCSF Medical Center
8. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
Top hospitals for cardiac conditions
1. Cleveland Clinic
2. Mayo Clinic
3. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City)
4. Massachusetts General Hospital
5. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
6. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
6. Brigham & Women's Hospital
6. Stanford Health Care
9. Duke University Hospital
9. UCSF Medical Center
9. Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City)
9. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Top hospitals for interventional cardiac surgery
1. Cleveland Clinic
2. Mayo Clinic
3. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
4. Massachusetts General Hospital
5. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
6. Stanford Health Care
7. Brigham & Women's Hospital
7. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
9. Duke University Hospital
9. UCSF Medical Center
9. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Top hospitals for infectious disease
1. Mayo Clinic
2. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
3. Massachusetts General Hospital
4. Cleveland Clinic
5. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
6. Emory University Hospital (Atlanta)
7. UCSF Medical Center
8. Duke University Hospital
8. Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor)
8. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Top hospitals for stroke
1. Mayo Clinic
2. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
2. Massachusetts General Hospital
4. Cleveland Clinic
4. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
6. UCSF Medical Center
7. Duke University Hospital
7. Stanford Health Care
9. Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
9. Brigham & Women's Hospital
9. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Top hospitals for multiple sclerosis
1. Mayo Clinic
2. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
3. Cleveland Clinic
4. Massachusetts General Hospital
4. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
6. UCSF Medical Center
7. Brigham & Women's Hospital
7. Duke University Hospital
7. Stanford Health Care
10. Michigan Medicine
Top hospitals for lung cancer
1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
3. Mayo Clinic
4. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
5. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
6. Cleveland Clinic
7. Duke University Hospital
7. City of Hope's Helford Clinical Research Hospital
7. UCSF Medical Center
7. Stanford Health Care
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