Best Hospitals: RHEUMATOLOGY

1999

Rank Hospital U.S.News Index Reputational score Hospitalwide mortality rate COTH member Technology score
(of 5)		 R.N.'s to beds Discharge planning
(of 3)
1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 100.0 45.7 % 0.69 Yes 5.0 1.10 3
2 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 68.8 28.5 % 0.80 Yes 5.0 1.33 3
3 Hospital for Special Surgery, New York 68.6 26.1 % 0.08 Yes 4.5 1.56 3
4 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston 63.0 25.9 % 0.84 Yes 4.5 1.30 3
5 University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham 54.0 23.3 % 1.08 Yes 3.0 1.29 2
6 Cleveland Clinic 52.0 19.1 % 0.76 Yes 5.0 1.69 3
7 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 48.6 17.7 % 1.01 Yes 5.0 1.35 3
8 UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 47.8 19.8 % 0.86 Yes 3.0 0.91 3
9 University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 35.3 10.2 % 0.88 Yes 5.0 1.46 3
10 Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, Calif. 34.3 12.6 % 0.82 Yes 4.3 1.10 3
11 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 33.2 9.1 % 0.97 Yes 5.0 1.63 3
12 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian 29.1 7.1 % 0.92 Yes 5.0 1.34 3
13 New York University Medical Center 26.1 8.0 % 1.04 Yes 4.5 1.17 3
14 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 23.9 4.2 % 1.02 Yes 5.0 1.98 3
15 Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis 23.2 3.6 % 0.82 Yes 5.0 1.52 3
16 New York Presbyterian Hospital 21.1 3.3 % 1.10 Yes 5.0 1.13 3
17 Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago 20.1 3.0 % 0.86 Yes 4.0 1.34 3
18 Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas 20.0 2.7 % 0.81 Yes 4.0 1.77 3
19 Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center 20.0 1.6 % 0.04 Yes 3.5 0.93 3
20 Clarian Health Partners, Indianapolis 19.1 1.5 % 0.92 Yes 5.0 1.48 3
21 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison 18.8 1.7 % 0.80 Yes 5.0 1.19 3
22 Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y. 18.8 2.0 % 1.36 Yes 4.5 1.60 3
23 University Hospital, Denver 18.7 2.6 % 0.73 Yes 4.0 1.09 3
24 Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinic, Nashville 18.2 0.9 % 0.86 Yes 5.0 1.88 3
25 Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas 18.2 1.8 % 0.85 Yes 4.0 1.53 3
26 University Hospitals of Cleveland 18.1 1.2 % 0.91 Yes 5.0 1.26 3
27 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 17.8 1.3 % 0.89 Yes 5.0 1.12 3
28 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles 17.3 1.4 % 1.06 Yes 5.0 1.02 3
29 Hermann Hospital, Houston 17.2 0.8 % 0.93 Yes 5.0 1.25 3
30 University of Chicago Hospitals 16.9 0.5 % 0.82 Yes 5.0 1.26 3
31 University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 16.7 0.0 % 0.79 Yes 5.0 1.89 3
32 William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich. 16.6 0.0 % 0.83 Yes 5.0 1.76 3
33 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia 16.6 0.9 % 0.80 Yes 4.0 1.47 3
34 Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, Calif. 16.4 0.0 % 0.93 Yes 5.0 1.58 3
35 St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix 16.2 0.0 % 0.96 Yes 5.0 1.38 3
36 University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Ky. 16.1 0.0 % 0.68 Yes 5.0 1.20 3
37 Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago 16.1 0.4 % 0.72 Yes 5.0 1.01 3
38 North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem 16.0 0.0 % 0.94 Yes 5.0 1.34 3
39 St. Louis University Hospital 15.9 1.0 % 0.73 Yes 5.0 1.50 1
40 Howard University Hospital, Washington 15.8 0.0 % 0.88 Yes 5.0 1.24 3
41 Nebraska Health System, Omaha, Ne. 15.7 0.0 % 1.06 Yes 5.0 1.28 3
42 New England Medical Center, Boston 15.7 0.4 % 0.80 Yes 4.0 2.07 3
43 Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Lebanon, N.H. 15.6 0.4 % 0.83 Yes 4.0 1.51 3
44 Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Va. 15.6 0.0 % 0.98 Yes 5.0 1.23 3
45 Boston Medical Center 15.6 0.7 % 0.92 Yes 4.0 1.29 3
46 Methodist Hospital, Houston 15.5 0.0 % 1.20 Yes 5.0 1.28 3
47 University Hospitals and Clinics, Columbia, Mo. 15.4 0.7 % 0.94 Yes 4.0 1.26 3
48 University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill 15.4 0.3 % 0.89 Yes 4.0 1.49 3
49 John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital, Thomasville, Ga. 15.3 0.0 % 0.03 No 5.0 0.66 3
50 Allegheny University Hospitals, Pittsburgh 15.3 0.3 % 0.94 Yes 4.0 1.89 3


Hospitals in red did not respond to the American Hospital Association annual survey. Red figures represent data averaged from previous two surveys.

Rounding of U.S. News Index scores may produce apparent ties. ''Reputational score'' is percentage of rheumatology specialists surveyed who named the hospital. ''Hospitalwide mortality rate'' is hospital's overall ratio of actual to expected deaths. ''COTH member'' indicates membership in Council of Teaching Hospitals. ''Technology score'' reflects availability of key technologies in this specialty. ''R.N.'s to beds'' is hospitalwide ratio of registered nurses to beds. ''Discharge planning'' indicates number of key postdischarge services offered in this specialty.

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