World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2025
Based on an international online survey of thousands of medical professionals, existing accreditations and certifications data, and a PROMs implementation survey, the leading hospitals in 12 medical fields were awarded in cooperation with Newsweek. The medical fields are: Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, and Urology.
- Clear and detailed methodology
- Segmented by specialty
- Partnered with Newsweek
Who are
World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2025
– In the category “Orthopedics”, the ranking of the hospital “Universitätsklinik Balgrist” has been adjusted to position 28 based on updated data
– In the category “Cardiology”, the ranking of the hospital “Hospital do Coração (HCOR)” has been adjusted to position 65 based on updated data
✓ Hospital participated in the PROMs implementation survey
Hospital surpassed the minimum grading threshold of PROMs implementation
Hospital has an advanced level of PROMs implementation
Surveys
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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.
Pre-registration is already available here (Please make sure to whitelist the email address: hospitals@ranking.statista-research.com):
Statista Smart Hospitals Maturity Survey
Pre-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:
Healthcare Rankings - Registration for Peer-to-Peer Surveys
If you are a healthcare professional and want to be part of future survey cycles of our peer-to-peer survey, feel free to pre-register here:
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Project Details
About the project
8,500+
Hospitals evaluated
Thousands
Of medical professionals surveyed
672
Hospitals awarded
methodology
How we work
Scoring
The scoring model is based on 3 pillars:
– hospital recommendations from medical experts,
– accreditations and certifications data,
– and the PROMs Implementation Survey.
Concept
For the list of World’s Best Specialized Hospitals, the following was taken into consideration:
(1) From May to July 2024, Statista invited hospital managers and medical professionals in over 30 countries 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 hospitals in their own field of expertise and were able to recommend hospitals of a secondary field. Furthermore, participants had the opportunity to name a standout specialty for the list of pediatrics. Recommendations for own employer were not allowed. Additionally, recommendation data from last year’s cycle was included.
(2) Accreditations and certifications were incorporated as a proxy for quality metrics within the scoring model (where available). The accreditations/certifications reflect a range of structural and/or quality requirements which are relevant for the specialized rankings. Examples are CARF International (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) and JCI (Joint Commission International).
(3) Additionally, data collected from hospitals from the PROMs Implementation Survey were factored into scorings.
Evaluation
For the evaluation, Statista R applies a scoring model. Scores were calculated for each hospital in each of the three categories and weighted accordingly: Peer recommendations (90%: 80% from current cycle; 10% from last year’s cycle), accreditations/certifications (6.5%), and PROMs implementation survey (3.5%).
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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