Study reveals the top hospital cities in the USA and worldwide, based on data relating to infrastructure in terms of medical workforce, education, quality of care, satisfaction, treatment efficiency, citizen accessibility and more 

• Boston is the best hospital city in the United States and the 2nd best in the world, with the highest overall Infrastructure score including the best Medical Universities, high Top-Ranking Hospitals and Mental Health Specialists score. 

• Globally the United States ranks highly for Infrastructure and Quality of Care, but bottom in the developed world for Access, indicating that although the country has exceptional medical facilities available, they are not accessible to all its citizens. 

• Tokyo, Japan is the best hospital city in the world, with the highest overall Quality of Care score in the index, the highest Top-Ranking Hospitals score, and a very high Access score. 

• Boston, USA ranks #2 out of 100 worldwide.

London, United Kingdom, October, 2019 - Digital healthcare providers Medbelle have released a study revealing the best hospital cities in the USA and worldwide. As part of the wave of digitised medical solutions, Medbelle has seen firsthand how infrastructure has a huge impact on patient experience. A city can boast one world-class hospital, but if the overall medical framework does not offer easy access and high-quality care to all its citizens, then there is still room for improvement. This is why Medbelle compiled this ranking of the best hospital cities, focusing on the overall hospital ecosystem in the area, rather than individual institutions. The results celebrate those cities offering the best overall medical care, as well as creating a benchmark for the rest of the world to understand how to better develop their medical education, accessibility, and infrastructure for a healthier future. 

How the study was conducted: 

To begin the study, the cities hosting the best hospitals and medical schools were compiled to create a shortlist of the world’s top hospital cities. Then, the factors which determine the best hospital cities were split into three categories: Infrastructure, Quality of Care, and Access. Within these categories, research was included ranging from the quality of medical education and the number of hospital beds, to the deficit of nurses and the cancer treatment efficiency. Additionally, elements such as the cost of medicine, the prevalence of mental health specialists, number of cosmetic surgeons and more. These data points were then utilised to score each city based on their overall hospital infrastructure, to determine the top 100 hospital cities in the world, and the top 31 hospital cities in the USA. 

Please find the complete methodology with a full explanation of each factor and further information on the results page: https://www.medbelle.com/best-hospital-cities-usa

Findings:

The table below reveals a sample of results for the top 20 hospital cities in the USA:

N.B. This is a sample of the full results, which you can find here: https://www.medbelle.com/best-hospital-cities-usa

The tables below reveal a sample of results for the top 20 Best Hospital Cities in the world:

N.B. This is a sample of the full results, which you can find here: https://www.medbelle.com/best-hospital-cities-usa

The tables below reveal a sample of results for the top 10 cities with the best Infrastructure and Access:

Please note: Data relating to scores within the Access category are city-level where possible, otherwise country-level. For this reason, cities within the same country where only national data level was utilised have been omitted from this table. Examples include France, Canada and Spain, where a city appearing in this top 10 list indicates that the country is in the top 10 overall for Access, i.e. Paris has the highest Access score of 100 and equally so does Lille, Marseille, Nice and Bordeaux. N.B. This is a sample of the full results, which you can find here: https://www.medbelle.com/best-hospital-cities-world 

The tables below reveal a sample of results for the top 10 cities with the best Quality of Care and  Medical Universities:

N.B. This is a sample of the full results, which you can find here: https://www.medbelle.com/best-hospital-cities-usa

Global Results: Highest Scores for Each Factor

Below you will find key findings from the study, according to category and factor. All scores are out of 100, meaning the higher the score, the better the performance of the city in that category. If you wish to see where your city ranks for each of these factors, please refer to the landing page here: https://www.medbelle.com/best-hospital-cities-usa

Infrastructure:

• Hospital Beds/Capita: Heidelberg, Germany (100.00), followed by Busan, South Korea (98.41) and Fukuoka, Japan (95.18).

• Nurses/Capita: Basel, Switzerland (100.00), followed by Ann Arbor, USA (67.76), and Heidelberg, Germany (66.94). 

• Surgeons/Capita: Hamburg, Germany (100.00), followed by Basel, Switzerland (96.95) and Vienna, Austria (87.25).

• Mental Health Specialists/Capita: Richmond, USA (100.00), followed by Canadian cities Calgary (95.96), and Vancouver (95.96). 

• Top-Ranking Medical Universities: Boston, USA (100.00), followed by London, UK (88.10) and Los Angeles, USA (83.77). 

• Top-Ranking Hospitals: Tokyo, Japan (100.00), followed by Singapore, Singapore (98.81) and Boston, USA (97.70). 

Quality of Care:

• Satisfaction: Incheon, South Korea (100.00), followed by Baltimore, USA (93.99) and Busan, South Korea (90.01). 

• Adverse Events: Cities in Switzerland, Norway and Singapore have a joint highest score of 100.00.

• Cancer Treatment Efficiency: Tokyo, Japan (100.00), followed by Boston, USA (95.75) and Denver, USA (95.17). 

Access:

• Access: Oslo, Norway (100.00), followed by Amsterdam, Netherlands (99.99), and Basel, Switzerland (98.10).

• Cost of Medicine: Canadians cities (100.00), followed by Krakow, Poland (97.76) and Beijing, China (96.46). 

• Discretionary Healthcare Spending: Beijing, China (100.00), followed by Prague, Czech Republic (97.98) and Krakow, Poland (97.84). 

Quotes

“By splitting this dataset into three distinct categories, infrastructure, quality of care and access, it’s easy to see that while some cities boast an outstanding hospital ecosystem, accessibility can be another story entirely.” comments Daniel Kolb, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Medbelle. “Take the United States for example - this study illustrates that America has one of the highest-quality hospital infrastructures in the world, yet in terms of access to all citizens, USA benchmarks well below other developed countries. A key case is Houston which comes in the top 15 for world-class hospitals with a score of 94.92 out of 100, yet ranks 2nd to last place in terms of access, with a score of only 48.83 out of 100.”

“There are several existing hospital rankings around, but this is the first-ever comparison of top hospital cities which looks at the bigger picture and answers this very important question: do their medical facilities cater to all of their city’s patients, not just the wealthy or privileged ones?” comments Daniel Kolb, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Medbelle. “We wanted this study to shine a light on the importance of hospital infrastructure, in particular looking at medical education, the deficit of surgeons and nurses, and the overall accessibility of healthcare. Without these building blocks, a city cannot offer its citizens the medical care that they need. Every city featured in this ranking is at the top of their game in terms of hospital infrastructure, and we hope that while congratulating those who are excelling, this study can also offer a springboard for cities to see how they can improve the medical offerings in their own regions.”

“Despite having some of the top ranking hospitals and medical universities in the world, the UK still falls short on quality of care compared to other developed nations. Until quality of care is not raised to the highest standards, the NHS will remain at the top of the agenda in the political discourse,” comments Daniel Kolb, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Medbelle. “Our hope is that this study will highlight how fortunate the British public is to have the National Health Service, while also illustrating the areas where it needs to improve in order to fully offer the standard of care that tax-paying citizens deserve.”

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