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CALIFORNIA – US News & World Report says that eight children's hospitals in California are among the country's best in many pediatric specialties. The press organization released Tuesday its 12th annual ranking "Best Children's Hospitals".
The rankings focused on 10 pediatric specialties: cancer; cardiology and cardiac surgery; diabetes and endocrinology; gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery; neonatology; nephrology; neurology and neurosurge; orthopedics; pulmonology; and urology.
In Los Angeles, the Children's Hospital has been highlighted on the "Honor Table", ranked among the top 10 in the United States.
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, Lucile Packard Stanford Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, San Diego Children's Hospital in San Diego, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco and Oakland, CHOC Children's Hospital in Orange, Davis Children's Hospital in Sacramento and Valley Health care for children and the hospital in Madera have all made the list.
Here's how they ranked:
Los Angeles Children's Hospital
- Total classified specialties: 10
- Cancer: Rank 9
- Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery: Rank 5
- Diabetes and endocrinology: Rank 5
- Gastroenterology and GI Surgery: Rank 5
- Neonatology: 14th rank
- Nephrology: Rank 18
- Neurology and neurosurgery: rank 9
- Orthopedics: Rank 5
- Pneumology: ranking
- Urology: Rank 11
Lucile Packard Stanford Children's Hospital, Palo Alto
- Total classified specialties: 10
- Cancer: Rank 21
- Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery: Rank 17
- Diabetes and endocrinology: Rank 13
- Gastroenterology and GI Surgery: Rank 27
- Neonatology: Rank 30
- Nephrology: Rank 9
- Neurology and Neurosurgery: Rank 20
- Orthopedics: Rank 49
- Pneumology: Rank 11
- Urology: Rank 34
Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
- Total classified specialties: 10
- Cancer: Rank 30
- Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery: Rank 25
- Diabetes and Endocrinology: Ranking 26
- Gastroenterology and GI Surgery: Rank 22
- Neonatology: Rank 12
- Nephrology: Rank 34
- Neurology and Neurosurgery: Rank 22
- Orthopedics: Rank 7
- Pneumology: Rank 25
- Urology: Rank 18
UCSF Benioff, San Francisco and Oakland Children's Hospitals
- Total classified specialties: 10
- Cancer: Rank 13
- Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery: Rank 34
- Diabetes and endocrinology: rank 10
- Gastroenterology and GI Surgery: Rank 18
- Neonatology: Rank 7
- Nephrology: Rank 14
- Neurology and Neurosurgery: Rank 19
- Orthopedics: Rank 47
- Pneumology: Rank 18
- Urology: Rank 25
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
- Total classified specialties: 8
- Cancer: Rank 36
- Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery: Rank 47
- Gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery: rank 34
- Neonatology: Rank 48
- Nephrology: Rank 12
- Neurology and Neurosurgery: Rank 23
- Orthopedics: Rank 17
- Urology: Rank 40
CHOC Children & # 39; s Hospital, Orange
- Total classified specialties: 6
- Cancer: Rank 50
- Neonatology: Rank 21
- Neurology and Neurosurgery: Rank 39
- Orthopedics: Rank 45
- Pneumology: Rank 42
- Urology: Rank 20
Children's Hospital of the University of California at Davis, Sacramento (Orthopedics and Urology: with Shriners Hospitals for Children – Northern California, Sacramento)
- Total classified specialties: 5
- Neonatology: Rank 26
- Nephrology: Rank 35
- Orthopedics: Rank 37
- Pneumology: Rank 44
- Urology: Rank 49
Valley Hospital and Health Center, Madera
- Total classified specialties: 4
- Diabetes and endocrinology: Rank 44
- Gastroenterology and GI Surgery: Rank 46
- Neonatology: Rank 33
- Orthopedic: Rank 33
Ben Harder, head of health analysis at U.S. News, told Patch that the rankings are designed for parents and young patients. Families can make better decisions by having access to what the authors have called the "most complete data" available in addition to the advice of their doctors.
"There are hundreds if not thousands of hospitals in the country that take care of children from time to time," Harder said. "But there are only a few hundred who specialize in caring for sick children."
These rankings are meant to help families with young patients with "particularly difficult" medical diagnoses who need an "extra level of care," he said. "This includes pediatric cancer, a heart defect, a complicated fracture, or a congenital malformation. The ranking highlights which hospital has the best experience, abilities, teams, and track record to achieve" good results "for young patients .
Most families do not need a top hospital most of the time, he said.
"There are hundreds of hospitals that can treat trivial things like an ankle sprain or asthma management," Harder said.
Ten hospitals have earned a place in the "Honor Roll" report of the United States, which recognizes pediatric centers that provide "exceptional care" in several specialties. Boston Children's Hospital was again at the top of the list, ranking first overall in three different specialties: neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology and orthopedics.
Table of honor
- Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Ohio
- Philadelphia Children's Hospital, Pennsylvania
- Texas Children's Hospital, Texas
- National Children's Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, California
- Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Maryland
- Colorado Children's Hospital, Colorado
- Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago, Illinois
In developing the rankings, the authors examined measures such as patient outcomes, including death and infection rates, as well as available clinical resources and compliance with best practices.
Click here to read the full methodology.
—- Patch reporter Dan Hampton contributed to this report / Photo credit: Shutterstock
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