by Health Editorial Staff
On the podium is the Mayo Clinic of Rochester in the United States, followed by the Cleveland Clinic and the Toronto General-University Health Network (Canada)
Fourteen Italian hospitals among the 250 best in the world. The American magazine Newsweek has drawn up the ranking for the sixth consecutive year. First among the local structures, in 35th place, is the Policlinico Gemelli in Rome, while on the podium is the Mayo Clinic in Rochester in the United States, followed by the Cleveland Clinic (USA) and the Toronto General – University Health Network (Canada).
The facilities considered best
The other Italian hospitals classified are: in 52nd place the Niguarda Metropolitan Hospital in Milan; in 57th place the Irccs San Raffaele Hospital – San Donato Group; at the 65th the Humanitas Clinical Institute of Rozzano; at the 66th the S. Orsola Malpighi Polyclinic in Bologna; at 103rd the integrated university hospital of Verona; at the 117th the San Matteo Polyclinic Hospital in Pavia; at 118th the Padua hospital; at the 135th the Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital in Bergamo; at the 165th the Molinette hospital – Aou Città della Salute e della Scienza of Turin; at the 187th the Careggi University Hospital of Florence; at the 202nd the Spedali Civili of Brescia; at the 211th the Sant’Andrea University Hospital of Rome; at the 215th the Irccs Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova of Reggio Emilia. To draw up the ranking, 2,400 hospitals from 30 countries were included in the analysis.
The Gemelli Polyclinic
For the fourth year in a row, the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome ranks at the top of excellence in Italy (last year it was 38th). «The primacy of the Gemelli Polyclinic is a source of great satisfaction for us – comments the president of the Agostino Gemelli Irccs University Polyclinic Foundation, Carlo Fratta Pasini -. Gemelli’s strength lies in its history and its mission as a hospital at the service of all, which combines cutting-edge care and research, but also the training of doctors and healthcare workers. A model that combines continuous technological and management innovation with excellence in patient care. Results made possible by the constant economic support of the founders, the Catholic University and the Toniolo Institute, and by the daily commitment of thousands of women and men.”
Sixty years of activity
The results of the new Newsweek ranking «make us truly proud to be at the helm of this reality of excellence, a non-profit foundation that reinvests all its resources for continuous improvement, and also proud to be an integral part of the Region’s health service Lazio – says the general director of the Policlinico Gemelli Foundation, Marco Elefanti -. The result in the Newsweek ranking has an even more significant value, because 2024 is the year in which Gemelli celebrates its first 60 years of activity. This internationally recognized record pushes us to do even better: in this regard, however – underlines Elefanti – it is essential to introduce a financing and evaluation system that goes beyond the regional dimension and aims to create the conditions to take further steps to get better and better care of our patients.”
How the ranking is drawn up
Newsweek’s “World‘s Best Hospitals 2024″ ranking was drawn up in collaboration with Statista R (a division of Statista, a leader in the creation of rankings) by analyzing the performance of the 2,400 best hospitals in 30 countries (USA, Germany, Japan, France, Italy , Great Britain, South Korea, Brazil, India, Spain, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Malaysia, Thailand, Sweden, Denmark, Finland , Norway, Israel, Singapore). A notable growth since the first edition in 2019, which examined only one thousand hospitals in 11 countries.
The parameters used for the analysis
Each hospital is evaluated starting from a substantial database that includes the opinion of experts (online survey conducted between September and November 2023 among over 85 thousand doctors, hospital directors, healthcare professionals in 30 countries), surveys conducted among patients (survey of patient satisfaction relating to hospitalization), hospital quality metrics (for example quality of care, hygiene measures, patient safety, waiting times), survey on the implementation of PROMs (Patient-Reported Outcome Measures, i.e. outcome measures reported by the patient, defined as standardized and validated questionnaires to measure the perception of their functional well-being and quality of life). The respective weight of each of these criteria for the definition of the final score is as follows: recommendation by peers (experts): 40% (for the national ranking) and 5% (for the international ranking); patient experience: 16.25%; hospital quality metrics: 35.25%, implementation of PROMs: 3.5%. Among the main innovations of this edition is the greater weight attributed to hospital quality metrics and the inclusion of two new nations (Chile and Malaysia).
February 29, 2024 (changed February 29, 2024 | 7:50 pm)
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