America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2025
Based on hospital quality metrics from several sources with a focus on indicators relevant to maternity care, results from general patient experience surveys as well as a nationwide online survey, the 444 leading maternity hospitals in the US were awarded in cooperation with Newsweek.
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America's Best Maternity Hospitals 2025
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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 upcoming survey period for the PROMs implementation survey will begin in autumn 2025 and will be open for participation here.
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Project Details
About the project
2,500+
Hospitals evaluated
Thousands
Medical professionals surveyed
444
Hospitals awarded
methodology
How we work
Concept
Based on hospital quality metrics from several sources with a focus on indicators relevant to maternity care, results from general patient experience surveys as well as a nationwide online survey among healthcare professionals and hospital managers with knowledge about maternity processes e.g., neonatal and perinatal doctors, nurses and midwives, the leading maternity hospitals in the US were awarded.
Data collection
The list of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals is based on three pillars.
(1) Hospital quality metrics data relevant to maternity care from the AHA Annual Survey Hospital Database, Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC), the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the Baby-Friendly USA were collected.
(2) Additionally, publicly available data from patient surveys was used to analyze the overall patient experience in the hospital.
(3) From January to February 2025, 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.
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: Quality metrics score: >84%, Patient experience score: >84%, Reputation score: >71%
4-ribbons: Quality metrics score: >79%, Patient experience score: >79%, Reputation score: >68%
Partnership
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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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