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Best Hospitals (US)...

Please note: The NIH is not considered to be a hospital and is not included on this list.

Source: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/hosptl/rankings/specihqendo.htm

HORMONAL DISORDERS
Endocrinologists struggle to keep pace with a diabetes onslaught

Rank	Hospital	U.S. News Score	Reputation (%)	Mortality ratio	Discharges (3 years)	R.N.'s to patients	Nurse Magnet hospital	Key Technol- ogies (of 7)	Patient/ community services (of 15)	Level 1 or 2 trauma center
1	Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.	100.0	71.9	0.59	1,858	3.30	Yes	7.0	15	Yes
2	Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston	88.6	62.2	0.58	1,471	1.89	Yes	7.0	15	No
3	Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore	63.0	37.0	0.68	908	2.10	Yes	7.0	15	Yes
4	University of California, San Francisco Medical Center	45.8	21.7	0.48	580	2.65	No	7.0	13	No
5	University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville	43.3	18.6	0.68	1,054	2.15	No	7.0	15	Yes
6	Barnes - Jewish Hospital, St. Louis	42.3	14.9	0.51	1,997	1.52	Yes	7.0	11	Yes
7	University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle	39.6	15.3	0.53	369	2.05	Yes	7.0	11	No
8	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston	38.6	13.3	0.37	750	2.21	No	6.5	12	Yes
9	UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles	38.4	12.6	0.39	787	2.08	No	7.0	13	Yes
10	Cleveland Clinic	37.4	11.8	0.53	1,334	1.59	Yes	7.0	13	No
11	New York - Presbyterian Hospital	36.6	15.7	1.14	2,236	1.43	No	7.0	14	Yes
12	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston	34.8	10.0	0.42	1,077	1.25	No	7.0	11	Yes
13	University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor	33.6	7.7	0.54	992	2.13	No	7.0	15	Yes
14	Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas	31.2	8.2	0.65	471	1.75	No	7.0	12	Yes
15	Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.	30.8	5.4	0.57	993	2.10	No	7.0	14	Yes
16	Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago	30.7	8.6	0.88	1,221	1.90	No	7.0	12	Yes
17	University of Chicago Hospitals	30.3	7.8	0.65	802	1.58	No	5.0	13	Yes
18	University of Colorado Hospital, Denver	29.7	4.4	0.55	383	2.43	Yes	7.0	11	Yes
19	Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville	28.6	5.4	0.70	971	1.87	No	7.0	11	Yes
20	Yale - New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.	28.2	4.1	0.69	910	1.95	No	7.0	14	Yes
21	William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.	28.0	0.4	0.53	1,739	1.52	Yes	7.0	14	Yes
22	Fairview - University Medical Center, Minneapolis	28.0	2.7	0.34	793	1.71	No	7.0	12	Yes
23	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia	27.9	6.5	0.84	817	1.63	No	7.0	11	Yes
24	Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus	27.2	1.8	0.38	773	1.79	No	6.5	13	Yes
25	Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Va.	27.1	0.0	0.48	913	1.60	Yes	7.0	14	Yes
26	University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital	27.0	2.8	0.61	776	1.46	No	7.0	15	Yes
27	University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento	26.9	0.0	0.20	516	2.94	Yes	7.0	13	Yes
28	Florida Hospital, Orlando	26.7	0.0	0.43	2,689	1.17	No	7.0	15	No
29	Cedars - Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles	26.6	2.2	0.69	1,247	1.54	Yes	6.0	12	Yes
30	Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.	26.3	1.8	0.67	1,953	1.23	No	7.0	13	Yes
31	Rush - Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago	26.2	0.0	0.45	965	1.67	Yes	7.0	14	No
32	Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit	25.8	1.4	0.73	2,113	1.65	No	6.5	13	Yes
33	Los Angeles County - Harbor - UCLA Medical Center	25.8	2.3	0.21	211	2.01	No	4.5	12	Yes
34	Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pa.	25.7	0.0	0.47	833	1.38	Yes	6.0	12	Yes
35	St. Louis University Hospital	25.7	1.3	0.53	804	1.70	No	7.0	11	Yes
36	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City	25.6	1.4	0.76	682	1.52	Yes	7.0	15	Yes
37	University Health System, San Antonio	25.5	1.8	0.51	317	1.39	No	5.5	15	Yes
38	University Hospitals of Cleveland	25.5	0.5	0.63	1,327	1.61	No	7.0	15	Yes
39	Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston	25.5	0.0	0.49	564	1.87	No	6.5	15	Yes
40	F.G. McGaw Hospital at Loyola University, Maywood, Ill.	25.5	0.5	0.61	857	2.02	No	7.0	15	Yes
41	University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham	25.4	1.8	0.94	1,250	2.01	Yes	6.5	15	Yes
42	Sioux Valley Hospital USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, S.D.	25.4	0.0	0.64	467	1.88	Yes	7.0	14	Yes
43	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison	25.4	0.5	0.29	581	1.43	No	7.0	13	Yes
44	Los Angeles County - USC Medical Center	25.3	0.9	0.47	184	1.53	No	6.5	14	Yes
45	Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.	25.1	3.1	0.73	482	1.84	No	6.5	11	Yes
46	Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas	25.0	0.0	0.78	1,403	1.80	Yes	7.0	13	Yes
47	Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa.	25.0	0.0	0.68	927	1.60	Yes	7.0	13	Yes
48	MCG Medical Center, Augusta	24.9	0.0	0.34	486	1.54	No	7.0	13	Yes
49	Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans	24.8	0.5	0.67	523	1.55	Yes	6.5	14	Yes
50	St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio *	24.8	0.0	0.53	753	2.49	No	6.5	13	Yes

* Did not respond to American Hospital Association 2002 survey. Data in red are from prior surveys.
Note: Rounding may produce apparent ties in U.S. News Index scores. Terms are explained here.

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NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY
New drugs and devices help to combat a rise in seizure disorders

Rank	Hospital	U.S. News Score	Reputation (%)	Mortality ratio	Discharges (3 years)	R.N.'s to patients	Nurse Magnet hospital	Key Technol- ogies (of 7)	Patient/ community services (of 15)	Level 1 or 2 trauma center	Level 4 epilepsy center
1	Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.	100.0	61.2	1.04	5,907	3.30	Yes	7.0	15	Yes	Yes
2	Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore	84.8	48.0	0.77	3,132	2.10	Yes	7.0	15	Yes	No
3	Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston	82.9	51.7	1.10	3,781	1.89	Yes	7.0	15	No	No
4	New York - Presbyterian Hospital	78.0	44.8	1.04	5,568	1.43	No	7.0	14	Yes	Yes
5	University of California, San Francisco Medical Center	62.9	35.1	1.08	2,011	2.65	No	7.0	13	No	Yes
6	Cleveland Clinic	58.0	22.4	0.60	3,899	1.59	Yes	7.0	13	No	Yes
7	Barnes - Jewish Hospital, St. Louis	46.7	16.2	0.93	5,050	1.52	Yes	7.0	11	Yes	Yes
8	UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles	45.0	15.8	0.87	2,367	2.08	No	7.0	13	Yes	Yes
9	St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix	41.6	14.4	0.98	3,504	1.65	No	6.0	13	Yes	Yes
10	Methodist Hospital, Houston	40.7	10.9	0.83	5,008	1.40	Yes	7.0	11	No	Yes
11	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia	38.7	15.8	1.19	2,127	1.63	No	7.0	11	Yes	Yes
12	Rush - Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago	36.7	3.6	0.50	2,136	1.67	Yes	7.0	14	No	Yes
13	NYU Medical Center, New York	34.4	4.8	0.75	3,329	1.54	No	6.5	15	Yes	Yes
14	Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.	33.0	7.2	0.91	1,868	1.84	No	6.5	11	Yes	Yes
15	University Hospitals of Cleveland	31.5	1.7	0.70	2,852	1.61	No	7.0	15	Yes	Yes
16	University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor	31.4	5.0	0.95	2,017	2.13	No	7.0	15	Yes	Yes
17	University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle	31.3	3.9	0.64	854	2.05	Yes	7.0	11	No	No
18	Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.	31.0	6.3	0.96	3,362	2.10	No	7.0	14	Yes	No
19	Fairview - University Medical Center, Minneapolis	30.8	0.9	0.46	1,815	1.71	No	7.0	12	Yes	No
20	William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.	30.3	0.4	0.74	5,950	1.52	Yes	7.0	14	Yes	No
21	Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis	30.2	0.4	0.68	3,972	1.55	No	7.0	12	Yes	Yes
22	University Medical Center, Tucson, Ariz.	30.0	1.7	0.80	945	1.86	Yes	7.0	13	Yes	Yes
23	University of Chicago Hospitals	29.7	4.2	0.71	1,650	1.58	No	5.0	13	Yes	No
24	Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston	29.7	7.2	1.01	2,023	2.21	No	6.5	12	Yes	No
25	Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit	29.6	1.8	0.81	3,467	1.65	No	6.5	13	Yes	Yes
26	Ingalls Hospital, Harvey, Ill.	28.6	0.0	0.41	1,778	1.08	No	7.0	11	Yes	No
27	Baptist St. Anthony's Health System, Amarillo, Texas	28.6	0.0	0.42	2,771	1.43	No	6.0	13	No	No
28	University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago	28.5	0.9	0.59	966	1.69	No	7.0	13	Yes	No
29	Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Ill.	28.5	0.0	0.58	2,645	1.60	No	6.5	14	Yes	No
30	Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas	28.3	1.3	0.83	3,418	1.80	Yes	7.0	13	Yes	No
31	Florida Hospital, Orlando	28.3	0.4	0.76	7,967	1.17	No	7.0	15	No	No
32	University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham	28.2	1.7	1.04	3,592	2.01	Yes	6.5	15	Yes	Yes
33	Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, Ill.	28.0	0.4	0.53	1,427	0.83	No	6.5	14	Yes	No
34	University of Colorado Hospital, Denver	28.0	0.8	0.69	821	2.43	Yes	7.0	11	Yes	No
35	University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital	27.9	4.3	0.92	1,848	1.46	No	7.0	15	Yes	No
36	Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus	27.9	1.2	0.83	2,093	1.79	No	6.5	13	Yes	Yes
37	University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville	27.8	2.5	1.04	3,396	2.15	No	7.0	15	Yes	Yes
38	Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville	27.7	2.2	0.92	2,571	1.87	No	7.0	11	Yes	Yes
39	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	27.7	5.3	1.08	4,571	1.64	No	7.0	12	Yes	No
40	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston	27.6	2.2	0.88	2,757	1.25	No	7.0	11	Yes	Yes
41	CHP Hospital and Surgical Center, Lorain, Ohio	27.6	0.0	0.48	1,517	0.69	No	6.5	12	Yes	No
42	Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center, New York	27.4	0.9	0.41	750	1.64	No	7.0	7	No	No
43	Harper University Hospital, Detroit	27.2	0.4	0.49	2,192	1.08	No	7.0	9	No	No
44	Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville	27.2	3.4	0.93	2,857	1.57	Yes	6.0	14	No	No
45	Christ Hospital, Cincinnati	27.2	0.0	0.56	1,739	1.70	No	7.0	13	No	No
46	Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pa.	27.2	0.0	0.61	1,682	2.23	No	6.0	12	Yes	No
47	University Medical Center, Las Vegas	27.1	0.4	0.37	995	0.99	No	5.0	10	Yes	No
48	Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center, Glendale, Ariz.	27.1	0.0	0.30	1,104	2.01	No	6.5	8	No	No
49	St. Elizabeth Medical Center - North, Covington, Ky.	27.0	0.0	0.54	2,053	1.34	No	4.5	12	Yes	No
50	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia	27.0	1.8	0.97	3,501	1.70	No	6.0	14	Yes	Yes

Note: Rounding may produce apparent ties in U.S. News Index scores. Terms are explained here.