The 2003 Index of Hospital Quality

2003 Kidney Disease Best Hospital List
Technology Discharge Medical/
U.S. News Reputational Mortality R.N.'s score Trauma planning Surgical
Rank Hospital Index score rate Discharges to beds (of 5) Center (of 3) Beds
1 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 100.0 31.3 0.75 1151 1.82 5.0 Yes 3 66
2 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston 94.9 29.4 0.65 795 1.64 5.0 Yes 3 38
3 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 88.2 25.2 0.83 1408 1.51 5.0 No 3 96
4 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 86.3 25.1 0.73 912 1.76 4.5 Yes 3 49
5 New York-Presbyterian Hospital 85.4 24.0 1.22 2259 1.41 5.0 Yes 3 107
6 Cleveland Clinic 81.6 23.1 0.74 1103 2.12 5.0 No 3 44
7 UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 75.8 18.5 0.63 1057 1.94 5.0 Yes 3 58
8 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 67.4 16.0 0.85 1181 2.55 5.0 Yes 3 34
9 Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis 64.8 12.0 0.77 1981 1.46 5.0 Yes 3 80
10 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 63.1 12.4 0.55 791 1.79 5.0 Yes 3 41
11 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville 62.5 13.7 0.77 909 2.24 4.5 Yes 3 28
12 University of California, San Francisco Medical Center 59.4 12.6 0.78 705 2.02 5.0 No 3 36
13 University of Colorado Hospital, Denver 59.1 11.3 0.50 449 2.25 4.0 Yes 3 24
14 University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 58.3 9.7 0.56 1008 1.87 5.0 Yes 3 40
15 Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas 57.6 9.4 0.49 701 1.72 5.0 Yes 3 37
16 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 56.1 11.2 0.58 469 1.38 5.0 No 2 19
17 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 54.4 7.0 0.90 1162 1.52 5.0 Yes 3 123
18 Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif. 52.4 10.2 0.89 523 1.56 4.5 No 3 33
19 University of Chicago Hospitals 51.8 6.1 0.44 803 1.86 5.0 Yes 3 33 (+3 SD)
20 University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham 50.1 7.6 1.05 1412 1.45 4.0 Yes 3 61
21 University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital 49.7 3.1 0.41 752 1.53 5.0 No 3 120
22 Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago 48.9 5.2 0.56 1260 1.18 5.0 No 3 51
23 Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville 48.2 4.5 0.52 1149 1.62 5.0 Yes 3 30
24 University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore 48.1 3.7 0.47 1207 1.37 5.0 No 3 69
25 Fairview-University Medical Center, Minneapolis 47.2 5.4 0.50 754 0.50 5.0 No 3 39
26 Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston 46.4 6.5 0.91 423 2.44 5.0 Yes 3 30
27 Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 46.4 1.0 0.47 1780 1.79 5.0 Yes 3 78
28 Emory University Hospital, Atlanta 46.1 5.3 0.73 830 1.43 4.5 No 3 48
29 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison 45.2 4.4 0.61 801 1.05 5.0 Yes 3 24
30 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston 44.5 3.9 0.81 1030 2.23 5.0 Yes 3 40
31 Florida Hospital, Orlando 44.1 0.0 0.56 1994 1.65 5.0 No 3 102
32 Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. 43.8 4.5 1.00 986 1.43 5.0 Yes 3 52 (+2 SD)
33 Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis 43.5 2.1 0.37 752 0.58 5.0 Yes 3 40
34 William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich. 43.4 1.0 0.69 1943 1.75 5.0 Yes 3 60
35 Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee 43.4 1.2 0.31 931 1.46 5.0 Yes 3 31
36 University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill 43.3 3.5 0.68 1082 1.64 4.5 Yes 3 16
37 Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago 42.6 1.5 0.65 1059 1.87 5.0 Yes 3 58
38 Methodist Hospital, Houston 42.1 4.3 0.90 970 1.33 4.5 No 3 43
39 Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus 41.7 1.7 0.60 1099 0.98 4.0 Yes 3 57
40 University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 41.6 1.5 0.68 1053 2.25 5.0 Yes 3 45
41 Denver Health and Hospitals 41.4 0.0 0.09 226 2.00 4.0 Yes 3 31
42 Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston 41.3 1.1 0.57 734 1.23 5.0 Yes 3 60
43 University Health System, San Antonio 41.2 0.5 0.29 447 1.48 4.5 Yes 3 37
44 St. Louis University Hospital 41.1 0.6 0.40 745 1.41 4.5 Yes 3 43
45 Tampa General Hospital 40.8 0.0 0.36 718 0.92 5.0 Yes 3 57
46 University Hospitals of Cleveland 40.7 1.6 0.73 1214 1.84 5.0 Yes 3 30
47 University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics, Columbia 40.4 2.0 0.64 374 1.82 3.0 Yes 3 54
48 Baptist St. Anthony's Health System, Amarillo, Texas 40.2 0.0 0.23 725 1.47 5.0 No 3 31
49 Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio 40.2 0.0 0.57 1513 2.21 5.0 Yes 3 35
50 Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia 40.2 0.5 0.64 820 1.73 5.0 Yes 3 56