The rankings are based on procedure performance, potential risks, predicted outcomes and comparing those predictive outcomes to actual outcomes. You can read more about their methodology here.
The following hospitals ranked in the top 50 nationwide. These "are in the top 1% of hospitals in the nation for consistently providing overall clinical excellence across a broad spectrum of conditions and procedures year over year." This ranking means these PA hospitals are the top four in the state:
- Lancaster General Hospital
- Chester County Hospital
- Reading Hospital
- Lankenau Medical Center
The following five Pennsylvania hospitals are among the top ten in the state, ranking in America's 100 Best Hospitals which is a list of the hospitals in the top 2% in the nation:
- St. Luke's Hospital - Bethlehem Campus/Allentown Campus
- Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital
- UPMC Harrisburg/UPMC Community Osteopathic
- Milton S Hershey Medical Center
- Riddle Memorial Hospital
In the top 250, placing them in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide are the following 11 Pennsylvania facilities:
- Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
- Paoli Hospital
- Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia/Elkins Park/Germantown
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- Pennsylvania Hospital
- Temple University Hospital
- Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
- Grand View Health
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
- WellSpan York Hospital
Click here to check out Healthgrades.com complete list.
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