America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2024

Based on a nationwide online survey, results from general patient experience surveys and hospital quality metrics with a focus on indicators relevant to maternity care the 404 leading maternity hospitals in the US were awarded in coooperation with Newsweek.

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America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2024

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Statista PROMs implementation survey

To account for the increasing importance of value-based care in healthcare systems worldwide, Statista is surveying hospitals regarding their Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) implementation status. PROMs are defined as standardized, validated questionnaires completed by patients to measure their perception of their functional well-being and quality of life related to an episode or experience of care.

Newsweek and Statista recognize the importance of this topic for global advancements in healthcare delivery and, together with the guidance of Statista’s global board of medical experts, have developed a survey about the implementation and use of PROMs across different specialties and departments in hospitals. The implementation of PROMs adds a patient-outcome focused dimension and improves the comprehensiveness of the rankings.

The current survey period for the PROMs implementation survey is open from September 18, 2024 to November 29, 2024. You can view the survey here. The responses from the survey will be taken into account for all hospital rankings in 2025.

Participation is available here (Please make sure to whitelist the email address: hospitals@ranking.statista-research.com):

Statista Smart Hospitals Maturity Survey

Registration for the Statista Smart Hospitals Maturity Survey, which dives into the implementation status of smart technologies of leading hospitals across different countries, is available here:

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Project Details

About the project

The ranking for America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2024 is based on a nationwide online survey of health care professionals as well as quality of care metrics and patient satisfaction data. The ranking features the nation’s 404 leading maternity hospitals in the US.

2,500+

Hospitals evaluated

thousands

Medical professionals surveyed

404

Hospitals awarded

methodology

How we work

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Concept

Based on a nationwide online survey among healthcare professionals and hospital managers with knowledge about maternity processes e.g., neonatal and perinatal doctors, nurses and midwives, results from general patient experience surveys and hospital quality metrics with a focus on indicators relevant to maternity care the leading maternity hospitals in the US were awarded.

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Data collection

The list of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals is based on three pillars.

(1) From January to February 2024, Statista invited hospital managers and medical professionals with knowledge about maternity hospitals to an online survey. The survey was available to medical professionals to participate on Newsweek.com. Additionally, participants were invited via e-mail. Participants were asked to recommend maternity hospitals and to rate them in the areas of: Perinatal care, operative obstetrics, patient education & counseling, accommodation & service, and nurse & midwife staffing. Recommendations for own employer were not allowed.

(2) Hospital quality metrics data relevant to maternity care from Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) were collected.

(3) Additionally, publicly available data from patient surveys was used to analyze the overall patient experience in the hospital.

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Evaluation

To be eligible for the analysis, maternity hospitals must report their performance data and receive at least a 2-star rating from CMS. Additionally, the hospitals must meet the minimum thresholds for the aforementioned pillars. Based on pre-defined thresholds for each of the three pillars, awarded hospitals were grouped into two categories (5 ribbons/4 ribbons).
5-ribbons: Reputation score: >69%, Patient experience score: >82%, Quality metrics score: >84%
4-ribbons: Reputation score: > 66%, Patient experience score: >79%, Quality metrics score: >77%

A detailed report on our methodology is available here.

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Newsweek is an American news magazine and website that provides high-quality information to readers around the globe, reaching over 75 million people each month. First launched in 1933, Newsweek nowadays reports about topics in the fields of international issues, technology, business, culture and politics. The information channels reach from weekly published print editions in various countries to an online and mobile presence worldwide.

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