U.S. News Ranks Cincinnati Children's Among Top Ten Pediatric Hospitals
Ranking Improves for Fourth Consecutive Year
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has been named the 7th best pediatric hospital in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Hospitals" survey.
The ranking represents an improvement in the U.S News survey for the fourth consecutive year. Cincinnati Children's ranked 8th in 2003, 9th in 2002 and 10th in 2001.
"Our representation among the top ten children's hospitals, and our improvement over previous years' top 10 scores, confirms that our reputation for quality care is becoming more widely known among physicians throughout the country," says James M. Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Cincinnati Children's.
The hospital guide is scheduled for the July 12 edition of U.S. News, which hits newsstands July 5.
To determine the best hospitals for pediatrics, U.S. News asked board-certified pediatricians to name hospitals they consider tops in their specialty regardless of cost or location. The 29 hospitals ranked in pediatrics were cited by at least 3 percent of physicians who responded to U.S. News surveys in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Among institutions offering pediatric care, Cincinnati Children's was ranked ahead of such prestigious organizations as Children's Hospital Denver, Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., University of California San Francisco, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
U.S. News has published "America's Best Hospitals" for 15 years as a starting point to help consumers find quality care. This year, the publication ranks only 177 top medical centers, or fewer than one in 30, in 17 specialties.
The survey is not the first by U.S. News this year in which Cincinnati Children's ranked among the nation's medical best. Earlier this year, U.S. News ranked the Department of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center the fourth best pediatric program at a medical school in the United States, behind only Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania.
The fourth-place ranking, based on a survey of medical school deans and senior faculty, was found in the U.S. News & World Report annual guide to America's best graduate schools.
The volume and complexity of services that Cincinnati Children's provides, as well as the quality of care it offers, place the medical center among the leading facilities in the nation. According to data from the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Cincinnati Children's ranks in the top five pediatric institutions in number of surgical procedures, emergency visits, outpatient visits and admissions.
Contact Information
Jim Feuer, 513-636-4656,
jim.feuer@cchmc.org
