The 2003 Index of Hospital Quality

2003 Urology Best Hospital List
Technology
U.S. News Reputational Mortality R.N.'s score Trauma
Rank Hospital Index score rate Discharges to beds (of 8) Center
1 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore 100.0 75.7 0.75 1321 1.76 7.5 Yes
2 Cleveland Clinic 80.3 55.0 0.50 1790 2.12 8.0 No
3 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. 65.1 39.9 0.76 3871 1.51 8.0 No
4 UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles 53.3 28.2 1.30 1313 1.94 8.0 Yes
5 Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis 49.1 21.7 0.84 1648 1.46 8.0 Yes
6 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 46.4 17.7 0.58 1274 1.82 8.0 Yes
7 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 46.2 18.7 0.40 1096 2.32 7.0 No
8 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 45.2 17.4 0.82 1654 2.55 8.0 Yes
9 Methodist Hospital, Houston 40.7 14.3 0.71 1406 1.33 7.5 No
10 New York-Presbyterian Hospital 40.3 14.9 1.37 3438 1.41 8.0 Yes
11 University of California, San Francisco Medical Center 39.7 14.5 0.98 798 2.02 8.0 No (+3 SD)
12 University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 37.5 8.4 0.64 1275 1.87 8.0 Yes
13 University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 36.8 10.6 0.78 880 2.97 7.0 No
14 Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif. 35.6 12.4 1.16 672 1.56 5.5 No
15 University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 35.3 5.1 0.10 677 2.25 8.0 Yes
16 Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Mass. 34.7 4.2 0.10 905 1.46 7.0 Yes
17 Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago 34.2 4.2 0.46 1269 1.87 8.0 Yes
18 Clarian Health Partners (IU and Methodist Hospitals), Indianapolis 33.7 7.2 0.64 1643 0.94 8.0 No
19 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 33.5 6.2 1.12 1032 1.79 8.0 Yes
20 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville 33.4 4.4 0.67 953 2.24 7.5 Yes (+2 SD)
21 University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City 32.4 4.4 0.68 695 1.35 8.0 Yes
22 Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn. 31.2 0.8 0.29 838 1.43 8.0 Yes
23 Shands at the University of Florida, Gainesville 31.0 2.4 0.76 1017 1.62 7.0 Yes
24 Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. 30.6 1.4 0.00 351 1.51 8.0 Yes
25 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia 30.6 1.7 0.69 951 1.62 7.0 Yes
26 North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem 30.5 2.1 0.87 895 1.68 8.0 Yes
27 Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit 30.3 0.4 0.51 969 1.79 7.5 Yes
28 St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor 30.2 0.0 0.27 803 1.85 7.0 Yes
29 Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston 30.0 4.2 1.21 671 1.64 7.5 Yes
30 William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich. 29.9 0.4 0.66 1916 1.75 8.0 Yes
31 NYU Medical Center, New York 29.7 4.1 1.33 1493 1.18 7.5 Yes
32 Emory University Hospital, Atlanta 29.7 2.8 0.81 1101 1.43 7.5 No
33 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison 29.6 0.4 0.51 1142 1.05 8.0 Yes
34 Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis 29.4 0.0 0.52 903 1.24 8.0 Yes
35 University Hospitals of Cleveland 29.4 0.8 0.68 735 1.84 8.0 Yes
36 University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital 29.3 2.3 0.62 663 1.53 8.0 No
37 Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. 29.3 0.6 0.61 935 1.43 6.0 Yes
38 Cox Health Systems, Springfield, Mo. 29.2 0.0 0.63 1148 1.30 8.0 Yes
39 St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield, Mo. 29.2 0.0 0.39 959 0.87 7.5 Yes
40 Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C. 29.0 0.0 0.73 1062 1.60 7.5 Yes
41 Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Va. 29.0 0.0 0.61 908 1.32 7.5 Yes
42 Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kan. 29.0 0.0 0.43 801 1.23 7.0 Yes
43 Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix 29.0 0.0 0.29 610 1.14 7.5 Yes
44 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 28.9 0.3 0.84 910 1.52 8.0 Yes
45 Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, N.C. 28.9 0.0 0.53 798 1.20 8.0 Yes
46 Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee 28.9 0.4 0.57 698 1.46 7.0 Yes
47 Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas 28.9 1.2 1.08 1222 1.62 8.0 Yes
48 Florida Hospital, Orlando 28.9 0.6 0.58 1975 1.65 8.0 No
49 Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, Fla. 28.8 0.0 0.19 298 1.34 8.0 Yes
50 Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Conn. 28.8 0.0 0.26 320 1.42 8.0 Yes