全美有大約200萬住院病人需要外科手術或特殊治療,因此在選擇一家醫院時,根據U.S. News and World Report,找到一家可以滿足特別需求或治療潛在併發症的醫院很重要。
這家雜誌按照16個專科對全國各地醫院進行排名,確定從治療癌症、神經手術到康復等等的頂層醫院:基於死亡率、病人安全和其他標準的數據,它的分科排名列舉50家得分最高的醫院。它還編制了各州的最佳醫院名單。
灣區很幸運,因為數家加州最佳醫院,其中一些位列上述專科榜單中。其中,UCSF醫療中心不但榮獲了加州最佳醫院稱號,U.S. News and World Report還把它排在全美神經病學與神經外科第三的位置。這家醫院在「Best Hospitals Honor Roll」上名列第六,成人專科上名列第十五,在兒科專科上名列第十。
加州最佳醫院排名
1. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
2. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
3. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
4. Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital, Stanford
5. University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
6. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla
7. Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles
8. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach
9. UC San Diego Health-Jacobs Medical Center, La Jolla
10. Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena
11. UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange
12. John Muir Health-Concord Medical Center, Concord
13.Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo
14. John Muir Health-Walnut Creek Medical Center, Concord
14. MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center, Long Beach
16. El Camino Hospital, Mountain View
16. St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton(A garden on the St. Jude campus is shown)
16. Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento