US News and World Reports ranks hospitals in Delaware and the region

U.S. News and World Reports has released its rankings of the best hospitals in the country and the best hospitals in each state and metro area. The rankings include Delaware’s leading medical facilities, with ChristianaCare Hospitals recognized as Delaware’s best hospital and one of the best hospitals in the Philadelphia metro area.

Rankings are based on how a hospital scores in two categories: specialty rankings and procedure and condition ratings. Procedure and condition ratings focus on specific, commonly required procedures and conditions, such as hip replacements and heart failure. Hospitals are judged on their performance with a full range of patients, not just the most challenging cases. Specialty rankings consider outcomes for patients dealing with complex, high-risk cases.

Hospitals that demonstrate a broad range of excellence are recognized on the Best Regional Hospitals list, with top performers also landing on the publication’s national Honor Roll list. To be included among U.S. News’ 466 Best Regional Hospitals, a hospital generally had to excel in at least seven of the procedures and conditions it evaluated across three dozen health care services.

The rankings are intended to help patients and their families find resources for expert clinical care.

Top Hospitals in Delaware

U.S. News’ list includes evaluations by state, major metro and non-metro regions. In its evaluation of 15 hospitals in Delaware, two met the publication’s standards to be recognized as Best Regional Hospitals. ChristianaCare Hospitals was ranked the best hospital in Delaware, followed by Beebe Healthcare-Lewes Campus in second place.

Other hospitals on the list are:

Bayhealth Hospital-Kent Campus
Delaware Psychiatric Center in New Castle
Dover Behavioral Hospital in Dover
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Middletown
Meadow Wood Behavioral Health System-New Castle

Top 5 regional hospitals

U.S. News also ranked hospitals in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, which includes parts of Delaware. ChristianaCare was the only Delaware hospital to make the region’s top five:

Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jefferson Health-Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Main Line Health Paoli Hospital in Paoli, Pennsylvania
ChristianaCare Hospitals

Roll of Honour of Best Hospitals

According to U.S. News and World Reports, nearly 2 million people each year require hospital surgery or specialty care that presents exceptional technical challenges or a significantly increased risk of death or injury.

According to U.S. News and World Reports, it provides the ranking of best hospitals for patients with life-threatening or rare conditions who need hospitals that provide unparalleled treatment for complex, high-risk cases or difficult diagnoses.

The Best Hospitals Honor Roll ranks the best hospitals in 15 specialties for life-threatening or rare conditions and 20 procedures and conditions.

Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian was the only regional hospital to make this honor roll.

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