The best pediatric hospitals, according to U.S. News

To compile its latest list of the best children’s hospitals, U.S. News and World Report analyzed clinical outcomes, coordination of care and care-related resources such as nursing staff and outpatient programs at nearly 200 hospitals across the country.

U.S. News then ranked hospitals in 10 pediatric specialties, including pediatric cancer, pediatric cardiology and heart surgery and pediatric orthopedics. To create its overall best pediatric hospitals list, U.S. News looked at which hospitals ranked highly in multiple specialties.

The lists, which U.S. News published last month, were prepared using data from a time period before COVID-19 became a pandemic. U.S. News’ best overall pediatric hospitals list is below, along with its top 10 pediatric hospitals for three specialties.

U.S. News’ 2020-2021 best pediatric hospitals

1. Boston Children’s Hospital
2. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
4. Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
5. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
6. Children’s Hospital Colorado
7. Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C.
8. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
9. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
10. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto, California

U.S. News’ 2020-2021 top 10 pediatric hospitals for cancer

1. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2. Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
4. Texas Children’s Hospital
5. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
6. Children’s National Hospital
7. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
8. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
9. Children’s Hospital Colorado
10. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

U.S. News’ 2020-2021 top 10 pediatric hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery

1. Texas Children’s Hospital
2. UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
3. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
4. Boston Children’s Hospital
5. Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health
6. Children’s Hospital Colorado
7. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
8. Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
9. Children’s Medical Center Dallas
10. MUSC Children’s Heart Network of South Carolina

U.S. News’ 2020-2021 top 10 pediatric hospitals for orthopedics

1. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2. Boston Children’s Hospital
3. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
4. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
5. Children’s Medical Center Dallas-Scottish Rite for Children
6. St. Louis Children’s Hospital-Washington University/Shriners Hospital
7. Rady Children’s Hospital
8. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
9. Children’s National Hospital, Washington, D.C.
10. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

More details

See the full rankings and learn more about U.S. News’ ranking methodology here.

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