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World’s best 250 hospitals for 2024 REVEALED: Global report finds four of top five are all in America – with Mayo and Cleveland Clinics clinching first and second spots

  • The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked the top hospital in the world
  • The US has a total of 43 hospitals in the top 250 list – the most of any country
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America’s healthcare system is often criticized by much of the world, but it ranks number one for hospital care, according to a new report.

It found four of the top five hospitals in the world are in the US and 43 of 250 American – far more than Germany in second place, which has 23 in the top rankings.

The UK has 11 hospitals in the top 250, six of which are in London. The best UK hospital is St Thomas’ Hospital, followed by Guy’s Hospital. 

America spends more money per capita on healthcare than any similarly large and wealthy nation. It also performs the most clinical tests worldwide, and has the highest rate of cancer survival. 

The US also has access to state-of-the-art medicines, being the largest producer of medicines in the world.

The best hospital worldwide is the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, followed by the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and Toronto General Hospital in Canada.

The report, which was a collaboration between Newsweek and renowned data analyst site Statista, included data on 2,400 hospitals across 30 countries.

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The Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, was ranked the top hospital in the world

The Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, was ranked the top hospital in the world

Each hospital’s score is based on an online survey of more than 85,000 medical experts and public data from patient surveys on their general satisfaction after they left the hospital.

The rankings are based on four data sources: patient experience surveys; hospital quality metrics (which differ between countries), such as quality of care for specific treatments, data on hygiene measures and patient safety, data on number of patients per doctors and per nurse; and patient reported health outcomes such as symptoms and satisfaction with care, which are completed by patients to measure their perception of functional well-being and quality of life. 

The top hospital in the world is the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world. 

It was also ranked in all 12 specialties: cardiac surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, neurosurgery, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, pulmonology, urology, endocrinology, orthopedics, oncology and pediatrics.

In November, the Mayo Clinic announced plans for a new five billion dollar campus in downtown Rochester.

The US has a total of 43 hospitals in the top 250 - the most of any country. Behind America is Germany with 23 top hospitals, followed by South Korea with 17

The US has a total of 43 hospitals in the top 250 – the most of any country. Behind America is Germany with 23 top hospitals, followed by South Korea with 17

Cleveland Clinic's main campus. The hospital was ranked second in the world by Newsweek and Statista

Cleveland Clinic’s main campus. The hospital was ranked second in the world by Newsweek and Statista

The plans include neighborhoods so that patients can access continuous care. 

The Mayo Clinic was founded over a century ago by two brothers in the rural Midwest, and has become the top destination for patients with difficult-to-treat conditions.

Its former chief administrative officer, Jeffrey Bolton, said what differentiates the Mayo Clinic from other hospitals is that the different specialties are highly integrated.

Patients come to the Mayo Clinic and see a doctor. If there’s a bigger problem, say with the urology system or another issue, the patient is moved that same day, or even that hour, to the next specialist, ‘so problems get solved. And this is what attracts people,’ Larry Jameson, executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, told business journal Knowledge at Wharton.

The Mayo Clinic’s philosophy is that ‘the wisdom of peers is greater than any individual.’

Meanwhile, it is the sixth consecutive year the Cleveland Clinic has ranked second in the world. 

The Cleveland Clinic was also ranked in all 12 specialties, while Toronto General Hospital was ranked for oncology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, pulmonology and urology.

It has pioneered many medical breakthroughs, including coronary artery bypass surgery and the first face transplant in the US.

‘At Cleveland Clinic, our goals are to be the best place to receive care anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare,’ said Dr Tom Mihaljevic, CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic.

‘A recognition like this reflects on every one of our 81,000 caregivers worldwide, who are dedicated, compassionate and committed to our patients and our communities.’

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and Cleveland Clinic Fairview were also recognized among the top 250 hospitals in the world.

According to the Toronto General Hospital, it is leading the way in cardiac care and organ transplants.

Does your state have a top 250 hospital? There are a total of 43 American hospitals in the top 250. Four of the top five are in the US

Does your state have a top 250 hospital? There are a total of 43 American hospitals in the top 250. Four of the top five are in the US

It is the flagship campus of University Health Network in Canada, and is also a teaching hospital for the University of Toronto.

The emergency department treats over 28,000 people each year, while the hospital also houses the major transplantation service for Ontario, performing heart, lung, kidney, liver, pancreas and small intestine, as well as others, for patients referred from all over Canada. 

The hospital is the largest organ transplant center in North America, performing over 600 transplants a year.

The world’s first single and double lung transplants were performed at Toronto General Hospital in 1983 and 1986 and the world’s first valve-sparing aortic root replacement was done at the hospital in 1992.

In 2015, surgeons performed the world’s first triple organ transplant (lung, liver and pancreas) in 19-year-old Reid Wylie at the Toronto General Hospital.

St Thomas’ Hospital in the UK is one of the oldest hospitals in the country. In 1993, St Thomas’ merged with Guy’s Hospital to form one hospital trust.

In 1949, Sir Harold Ridley achieved the world’s first implantation of an artificial lens in the eye at the hospital, treating a cataract in a 49-year-old female patient.

And in 2014, doctors at St Thomas’ completed a mitral heart vale replacement on a beating heart for the first time in the world. The mitral valve helps make sure blood flows in one direction through the heart. Before this breakthrough, the valve could only be replaced with open heart surgery.

Also in the top 250 are University College Hospital in London, Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge, John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, The Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London and St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London, Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne and King’s College Hospital in London.  

For the first time, Chile and Malaysia were added to the ranking, which also included most of Western Europe and Scandinavia, 10 Asian countries, Australia and countries elsewhere in the Americas.

Newsweek said the top 10 had ‘intriguing use of artificial intelligence to advance medical discoveries.’

The world’s best specialized hospitals were also ranked for 2024.

The top oncology hospital was the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

For cardiology, cardiac surgery, neurology, pulmonology, urology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester took the top spot.

With pediatrics, the Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts was deemed to be number one.

For orthopedics, Hospital For Special Surgery in New York was ranked the best.

And with obstetrics and gynecology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in Maryland was ranked the best.

The top 250 hospitals in the world 

1 Mayo Clinic – Rochester, U.S., Minnesota

2 Cleveland Clinic, U.S., Ohio

3 Toronto General – University Health Network, Canada, Toronto

4 The Johns Hopkins Hospital, U.S., Baltimore, Maryland

5 Massachusetts General Hospital U.S., Boston, Massachusetts

6 Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Berlin

7 Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Sweden, Stockholm

8 AP-HP – Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière, France, Paris

9 Sheba Medical Center, Israel, Ramat Gan

10 Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland, Zurich

11 Singapore General Hospital (SGH), Singapore, Singapore

12 UCLA Health – Ronald Reagan Medical Center, U.S., Los Angeles, California

13 Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV), Switzerland, Lausanne

14 Universitätsspital Basel, Switzerland, Basel

15 Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Germany, Heidelberg

16 Stanford Health Care – Stanford Hospital, U.S., Stanford California

17 AP-HP – Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, France, Paris

18 The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan, Bunkyo

19 Brigham And Women’s Hospital, U.S., Boston Massachusetts

20 The Mount Sinai Hospital, U.S., New York, New York

21 Rigshospitalet – København, Denmark, Copenhagen

22 Asan Medical Center, South Korea, Seoul

23 Aarhus Universitetshospital, Denmark, Aarhus

24 St. Luke’s International Hospital, Japan, Chuo

25 Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien – Medizinischer Universitätscampus, Austria, Vienna

26 LMU Klinikum, Germany, Munich

27 Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Germany, Munich

28 Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil, São Paulo

29 Oslo Universitetssykehus, Norway, Oslo

30 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada, Toronto

31 Northwestern Memorial Hospital, U.S., Chicago Illinois

32 Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada, Toronto

33 Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands, Amsterdam

34 Samsung Medical Center, South Korea, Seoul

35 Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Italy, Rome

36 St Thomas’ Hospital, United Kingdom, London

37 University of Michigan Hospitals – Michigan Medicine, U.S., Ann Arbor, Michigan

38 CHU Lille – Hôpital Claude-Huriez, France, Lille

39 Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany, Hanover

40 Severance Hospital – Yonsei University, South Korea, Seoul

41 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, U.S., Los Angeles, California

42 UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht

43 Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea, Seoul

44 UZ Leuven, Belgium, Leuven

45 Kameda Medical Center, Japan, Kamogawa

46 Hospital Universitario La Paz, Spain, Madrid

47 North York General Hospital, Canada, Toronto

48 Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, Hamburg

49 UCSF Medical Center U.S., San Francisco, California

50 Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, Helsinki

51 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Penn Presbyterian, U.S., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

52 Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Italy, Milan

53 Landeskrankenhaus Universitätskliniken Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck

54 Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Spain, Madrid

55 New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, U.S., New York, New York

56 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia, Camperdown

57 IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele – Gruppo San Donato, Italy, Milan

58 Radboud UMC, The Netherlands, Nijmegen

59 Clínic Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona

60 Mayo Clinic – Jacksonville, U.S., Jacksonville, Florida

61 Erasmus MC, The Netherlands, Rotterdam

62 CHU Bordeaux – Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin, France, Bordeaux

63 Hôpitaux Universitaires Genève (HUG), Switzerland, Geneva

64 Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel, Tel Aviv

65 Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Italy, Rozzano

66 Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Italy, Bologna

67 Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany, Freiburg

68 Duke University Hospital, U.S., Durham, North Carolina

69 Kyushu University Hospital, Japan, Higashi

70 Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Spain, Barcelona

71 Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, The Netherlands, Leiden

72 Hirslanden – Klinik Hirslanden, Switzerland, Zurich

73 Landeskrankenhaus – Universitätsklinikum Graz, Austria, Graz

74 Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, Sweden, Gothenburg

75 Akademiska Sjukhuset, Sweden, Uppsala

76 Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Spain, Madrid

77 Uniklinik Köln, Germany, Cologne

78 Mayo Clinic – Phoenix, U.S., Phoenix, Arizona

79 National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore, Singapore

80 Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Spain, Pamplona/Iruña

81 Seoul National University – Bundang Hospital, South Korea, Seongnam

82 Hospital Sírio Libanês, Brazil, São Paulo

83 Guy’s Hospital, United Kingdom, London

84 University College Hospital, United Kingdom, London

85 Odense Universitetshospital, Denmark, Odense

86 Nagoya University Hospital, Japan, Nagoya

87 Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Canada, Montreal

88 Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan, Shinjuku

89 NYU Langone Hospitals, U.S., New York, New York

90 ELSAN – Santé Atlantique, France, Saint-Herblain

91 Addenbrooke’s, United Kingdom, Cambridge

92 Aalborg Universitetshospital, Denmark, Aalborg

93 Houston Methodist Hospital, U.S., Houston, Texas

94 Gangnam Severance Hospital – Yonsei University, South Korea, Seoul

95 AP-HM – Hôpital de la Timone, France, Marseille

96 Kyoto University Hospital, Japan, Sakyo

97 The Alfred, Australia, Melbourne

98 Rush University Medical Center, U.S., Chicago, Illinois

99 Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Germany, Dresden

100 Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Germany, Tübingen

101 Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph, France, Paris

102 Royal Melbourne Hospital – Parkville, Australia, Parkville

103 Azienda ospedaliera universitaria integrata Verona, Italy, Verona

104 The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, South Korea, Seoul

105 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, U.S., Nashville, Tennessee

106 Montreal General Hospital – McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Canada, Montreal

107 UZ Gent, Belgium, Ghent

108 Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen

109 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, U.S., Boston, Massachusetts

110 Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

111 Keio University Hospital, Japan, Shinjuku

112 John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom, Oxford

113 All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Delhi, India, New Delhi

114 Kepler Universitätsklinikum, Austria, Linz

115 Maastricht UMC+, The Netherlands, Maastricht

116 Mount Elizabeth Hospital – Orchard, Singapore, Singapore

117 Ospedale Policlinico San Matteo, Italy, Pavia

118 Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Italy, Padua

119 Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil, São Paulo

120 Ajou University Hospital, South Korea, Suwon

121 Turku University Hospital, Finland, Turku

122 University of Chicago Medical Center, U.S., Chicago, Illinois

123 St. Claraspital, Switzerland, Basel

124 St. Antonius, The Netherlands, Nieuwegein

125 UCLA Health – Santa Monica Medical Center, U.S., Santa Monica, California

126 Tampere University Hospital, Finland, Tampere

127 Jewish General Hospital, Canada, Montreal

128 Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital, Canada, Toronto

129 Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Germany, Bonn

130 Bumrungrad International Hospital, Thailand, Bangkok

131 Hospices Civils de Lyon – Hôpital Lyon Sud (HCL), France, Pierre Benite

132 Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Brazil, Porto Alegre

133 Skånes Universitetssjukhus – Lund, Sweden, Lund

134 Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia, St Leonards

135 Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Italy, Bergamo

136 Hôpital Purpan, France, Toulouse

137 Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health, U.S., San Diego, California

138 St. Olavs Hospital, Norway, Trondheim

139 Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg – Universitätsklinikum der PMU, Austria, Salzburg

140 Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, The Netherlands, Groningen

141 University of Wisconsin Hospitals, U.S., Madison, Wisconsin

142 Lindenhofspital, Switzerland, Bern

143 Hirslanden Klinik Aarau, Switzerland, Aarau

144 Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Spain, Madrid

145 VCH – Vancouver General Hospital, Canada, Vancouver

146 Barnes-Jewish Hospital, U.S., Saint Louis, Missouri

147 Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe

148 Inha University Hospital, South Korea, Incheon Metropolitan City

149 Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Germany, Ulm

150 Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany, Essen

151 Haukeland Universitetssykehus, Norway, Bergen

152 Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, South Korea, Seoul

153 AP-HM – Hôpital Nord, France, Marseille

154 University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, U.S., Cleveland, Ohio

155 Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen, Austria, Linz

156 Changi General Hospital (CGH), Singapore, Singapore

157 Hospices Civils de Lyon – Hôpital Louis Pradel, France, Bron

158 Rabin Medical Center – Beilinson Hospital, Israel, Petah Tikva

159 Emory University Hospital, U.S., Atlanta, Georgia

160 Korea University – Anam Hospital, South Korea, Seoul

161 Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurt am Main

162 Fundación Valle Del Lili, Colombia, Cali

163 Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge, Norway, Tromsø

164 ULB – Hôpital Erasme, Belgium, Anderlecht/Laken/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe

165 Presidio Ospedaliero Molinette – A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Italy, Turin

166 Medanta The Medicity, India, Gurugram

167 Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

168 Toranomon Hospital, Japan, Minato

169 University of Washington Medical Center, U.S., Seattle, Washington

170 The Catholic University of Korea, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, South Korea, Seoul

171 Hospital Santa Catarina Paulista, Brazil, São Paulo

172 Osaka University Hospital, Japan, Suita

173 Clínica Alemana Vitacura, Chile, Santiago

174 The Royal Victoria Infirmary, United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne

175 University of California – Davis Medical Center, U.S., Sacramento, California

176 Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany, Mayence

177 Kurashiki Central Hospital, Japan, Kurashiki

178 AP-HP – Hôpital Bichat – Claude-Bernard, France, Paris

179 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, United Kingdom, London

180 Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany, Göttingen

181 Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Spain, Valencia

182 Yale New Haven Hospital, U.S., New Haven, Connecticut

183 Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Spain, Madrid

184 St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, United Kingdom, London

185 AP-HP – Hôpital Cochin, France, Paris

186 Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi

187 Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Italy, Florecne

188 Juntendo University Hospital, Japan, Bunkyo

189 St Vincent’s Hospital – Fitzroy, Australia, Fitzroy

190 Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Spain, Seville

191 Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Germany, Düsseldorf

192 Österreichische Gesundheitskasse – Mein Hanusch-Krankenhaus, Austria, Vienna

193 University of Colorado Hospital, U.S., Aurora, Colorado

194 AP-HP – Hôpital Saint-Antoine, France, Paris

195 Skånes Universitetssjukhus – Malmö, Sweden, Malmö

196 Kuopio University Hospital, Finland, Kuopio

197 Clinique Générale-Beaulieu, Switzerland, Geneva

198 Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Germany, Stuttgart

199 Clinique Pasteur, France, Toulouse

200 Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo

201 Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Australia, Herston

202 Presidio Ospedaliero Spedali Civili di Brescia, Italy, Brescia

203 Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Spain, Madrid

204 University of Utah Hospital, U.S., Salt Lake City, Utah

205 Universitetssjukhuset i Linköping, Sweden, Linköping

206 Hokkaido University Hospital, Japan, Sapporo

207 Inselspital – Universitätsspital Bern, Switzerland, Bern

208 KyungHee University Medical Center, South Korea, Seoul

209 Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Germany, Würzburg

210 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, United Kingdom, Birmingham

211 Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Sant’Andrea, Italy, Rome

212 Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Japan, Shibuya

213 Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, U.S., La Jolla, California

214 Chung-Ang University Hospital, South Korea, Seoul

215 IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Italy, Reggio Nell’Emilia

216 Hospital Médica Sur, Mexico, Mexico City

217 Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany, Münster

218 Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Taipei

219 Hospices Civils de Lyon – Hôpital Edouard Herriot, France, Lyon

220 Keck Hospital of USC, U.S., Los Angeles, California

221 Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Spain, Majadahonda

222 Konkuk University Medical Center, South Korea, Seoul

223 Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

224 Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan, Kobe

225 Ewha Womans University Medical Center, South Korea, Seoul

226 UZA – Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Belgium, Edegem

227 Freeman Hospital, United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne

228 University of Kansas Hospital, U.S., Kansas City, Kansas

229 King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

230 Norrlands Universitetssjukhus, Sweden, Umeå

231 King’s College Hospital, United Kingdom, London

232 Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, U.S., Cleveland, Ohio

233 Sunway Medical Centre, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya

234 Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain, Barcelona

235 Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, South Korea, Daegu Metropolitan City

236 University of Virginia Medical Center, U.S., Charlottesville, Virginia

237 IMSS – Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico, Mexico City

238 Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Germany, Leipzig

239 Diakonhjemmet Sykehus, Norway, Oslo

240 Virginia Mason Medical Center, U.S., Seattle, Washington

241 Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany, Aachen

242 Tufts Medical Center, U.S., Boston, Massachusetts

243 UT Southwestern Medical Center, U.S., Dallas, Texas

244 Fundación Santa Fe De Bogotá, Colombia, Bogotá

245 Kardinal Schwarzenberg Klinikum, Austria, Schwarzach im Pongau

246 PGIMER – Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India, Chandigarh

247 Torrance Memorial Medical Center, U.S., Torrance, California

248 Akershus Universitetssykehus – Nordbyhagen Hospital, Norway, Lørenskog

249 Toronto Western – University Health Network, Canada, Toronto

250 Isala Zwolle, The Netherlands, Zwolle


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