According to a ranking by Statista and Newsweek, the best hospital in the United States is the *********** in Rochester, Minnesota. Moreover, the *********** was also ranked as the best hospital in the world, among over 50,000 hospitals in 30 countries. **************** in Ohio and the ************* Hospital in Maryland were ranked as second and third best respectively in the U.S., while they were second and forth best respectively in the World.

According to a ranking by Statista and Newsweek, the world's best hospital is the *********** in Rochester, Minnesota. A total of **** U.S. hospitals made it to the top ten list, while one hospital in each of the following countries was also ranked among the top ten best hospitals in the world: Canada, Sweden, Germany, Israel, Singapore, and Switzerland.

According to a ranking by Statista and Newsweek, the best hospital in Denmark is the Rigshospitalet - København in Copenhagen. Moreover, the Rigshospitalet - København was also ranked as the **** best hospital in the world, among over ****** hospitals in ** countries. Aarhus Universitetshospital in Aarhus and Odense Universitetshospital in Odense were ranked as second and third best respectively in the Denmark, while they were **** and **** best respectively in the World.

According to a hospital ranking carried out in 2022 and based on seven different dimensions, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein was considered the hospital with the highest care quality in Latin America. Located in São Paulo - Brazil, this health institution reached a quality index score of *****. Hospital Sírio-Libanês also located in Brazil, ranked second, with a score of *****. Latin American hospitals and their capacity to host patients When it comes to hosting patients, hospitals Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre located in Brazil, and Sanatorio Guemes based in Argentina, ranked among the leading hospitals in Latin America as of 2022. It was estimated that Brazil and Argentina were the two Latin American countries with the highest number of hospital beds in the region in 2020, with more than ******* and ******* hospital beds, respectively. Public opinion on healthcare quality It was also Argentina that had the highest share of satisfied patients among a selection of countries in Latin America according to a 2023 survey, with ** percent of interviewees stating they had accessed a good or very good healthcare service. Colombian patients followed, with **** out of ten people satisfied with the healthcare received. Accordingly, a recent study estimated that nearly half of the population in Argentina and Colombia distrusted the healthcare system, with approximately ** percent and ** percent of respondents claiming they trust the health systems in their respective countries.

The average for 2020 based on 36 countries was 4.44 hospital beds. The highest value was in South Korea: 12.65 hospital beds and the lowest value was in Mexico: 0.99 hospital beds. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Context

This are the official datasets used on the Medicare.gov Hospital Compare Website provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. These data allow you to compare the quality of care at over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals across the country.

Content

Dataset fields:

• Provider ID
• Hospital Name
• Address
• City
• State
• ZIP Code
• County Name
• Phone Number
• Hospital Type
• Hospital Ownership
• Emergency Services
• Meets criteria for meaningful use of EHRs
• Hospital overall rating
• Hospital overall rating footnote
• Mortality national comparison
• Mortality national comparison footnote
• Safety of care national comparison
• Safety of care national comparison footnote
• Readmission national comparison
• Readmission national comparison footnote
• Patient experience national comparison
• Patient experience national comparison footnote
• Effectiveness of care national comparison
• Effectiveness of care national comparison footnote
• Timeliness of care national comparison
• Timeliness of care national comparison footnote
• Efficient use of medical imaging national comparison
• Efficient use of medical imaging national comparison

Acknowledgements

Dataset was downloaded from [https://data.medicare.gov/data/hospital-compare]

Inspiration

If you just broke your leg, you might need to use this dataset to find the best Hospital to get that fixed!

This dataset provides values for HOSPITALS reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

According to a ranking by Statista and Newsweek, the best hospital in Sweden is the Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset in Stockholm. Moreover, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset was also ranked as the seventh-best hospital in the world, among over ****** hospitals in ** countries. Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset in Göteborg and Akademiska Sjukhuset in Uppsala were ranked as second and third best respectively in the Sweden, while they were **** and **** best respectively in the World.

This dataset provides values for HOSPITAL BEDS reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

According to a ranking by Statista and Newsweek, the best hospital in Norway is Oslo Universitetssykehus in Oslo. Moreover, Oslo Universitetssykehus was also ranked as the **** best hospital in the world, among over ****** hospitals in ** countries. St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim and Haukeland Universitetssykehus in Bergen were ranked as second and third best respectively in the Norway, while they were ***** and ***** best respectively in the World.

This horizontal bar chart displays hospital beds (per 1,000 people) by region using the aggregation average, weighted by population. The data is about countries.

South Korea Number of Hospital was up 3.5% in 2019, compared to the previous year.

This horizontal bar chart displays hospital beds (per 1,000 people) by country using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Honduras. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

Abstract

Different countries have different health outcomes that are in part due to the way respective health systems perform. Regardless of the type of health system, individuals will have health and non-health expectations in terms of how the institution responds to their needs. In many countries, however, health systems do not perform effectively and this is in part due to lack of information on health system performance, and on the different service providers.

The aim of the WHO World Health Survey is to provide empirical data to the national health information systems so that there is a better monitoring of health of the people, responsiveness of health systems and measurement of health-related parameters.

The overall aims of the survey is to examine the way populations report their health, understand how people value health states, measure the performance of health systems in relation to responsiveness and gather information on modes and extents of payment for health encounters through a nationally representative population based community survey. In addition, it addresses various areas such as health care expenditures, adult mortality, birth history, various risk factors, assessment of main chronic health conditions and the coverage of health interventions, in specific additional modules.

The objectives of the survey programme are to: 1. develop a means of providing valid, reliable and comparable information, at low cost, to supplement the information provided by routine health information systems. 2. build the evidence base necessary for policy-makers to monitor if health systems are achieving the desired goals, and to assess if additional investment in health is achieving the desired outcomes. 3. provide policy-makers with the evidence they need to adjust their policies, strategies and programmes as necessary.

Geographic coverage

The survey sampling frame must cover 100% of the country's eligible population, meaning that the entire national territory must be included. This does not mean that every province or territory need be represented in the survey sample but, rather, that all must have a chance (known probability) of being included in the survey sample.

There may be exceptional circumstances that preclude 100% national coverage. Certain areas in certain countries may be impossible to include due to reasons such as accessibility or conflict. All such exceptions must be discussed with WHO sampling experts. If any region must be excluded, it must constitute a coherent area, such as a particular province or region. For example if ¾ of region D in country X is not accessible due to war, the entire region D will be excluded from analysis.

Analysis unit

Households and individuals

Universe

The WHS will include all male and female adults (18 years of age and older) who are not out of the country during the survey period. It should be noted that this includes the population who may be institutionalized for health reasons at the time of the survey: all persons who would have fit the definition of household member at the time of their institutionalisation are included in the eligible population.

If the randomly selected individual is institutionalized short-term (e.g. a 3-day stay at a hospital) the interviewer must return to the household when the individual will have come back to interview him/her. If the randomly selected individual is institutionalized long term (e.g. has been in a nursing home the last 8 years), the interviewer must travel to that institution to interview him/her.

The target population includes any adult, male or female age 18 or over living in private households. Populations in group quarters, on military reservations, or in other non-household living arrangements will not be eligible for the study. People who are in an institution due to a health condition (such as a hospital, hospice, nursing home, home for the aged, etc.) at the time of the visit to the household are interviewed either in the institution or upon their return to their household if this is within a period of two weeks from the first visit to the household.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

SAMPLING GUIDELINES FOR WHS

Surveys in the WHS program must employ a probability sampling design. This means that every single individual in the sampling frame has a known and non-zero chance of being selected into the survey sample. While a Single Stage Random Sample is ideal if feasible, it is recognized that most sites will carry out Multi-stage Cluster Sampling.

The WHS sampling frame should cover 100% of the eligible population in the surveyed country. This means that every eligible person in the country has a chance of being included in the survey sample. It also means that particular ethnic groups or geographical areas may not be excluded from the sampling frame.

The sample size of the WHS in each country is 5000 persons (exceptions considered on a by-country basis). An adequate number of persons must be drawn from the sampling frame to account for an estimated amount of non-response (refusal to participate, empty houses etc.). The highest estimate of potential non-response and empty households should be used to ensure that the desired sample size is reached at the end of the survey period. This is very important because if, at the end of data collection, the required sample size of 5000 has not been reached additional persons must be selected randomly into the survey sample from the sampling frame. This is both costly and technically complicated (if this situation is to occur, consult WHO sampling experts for assistance), and best avoided by proper planning before data collection begins.

All steps of sampling, including justification for stratification, cluster sizes, probabilities of selection, weights at each stage of selection, and the computer program used for randomization must be communicated to WHO

STRATIFICATION

Stratification is the process by which the population is divided into subgroups. Sampling will then be conducted separately in each subgroup. Strata or subgroups are chosen because evidence is available that they are related to the outcome (e.g. health, responsiveness, mortality, coverage etc.). The strata chosen will vary by country and reflect local conditions. Some examples of factors that can be stratified on are geography (e.g. North, Central, South), level of urbanization (e.g. urban, rural), socio-economic zones, provinces (especially if health administration is primarily under the jurisdiction of provincial authorities), or presence of health facility in area. Strata to be used must be identified by each country and the reasons for selection explicitly justified.

Stratification is strongly recommended at the first stage of sampling. Once the strata have been chosen and justified, all stages of selection will be conducted separately in each stratum. We recommend stratifying on 3-5 factors. It is optimum to have half as many strata (note the difference between stratifying variables, which may be such variables as gender, socio-economic status, province/region etc. and strata, which are the combination of variable categories, for example Male, High socio-economic status, Xingtao Province would be a stratum).

Strata should be as homogenous as possible within and as heterogeneous as possible between. This means that strata should be formulated in such a way that individuals belonging to a stratum should be as similar to each other with respect to key variables as possible and as different as possible from individuals belonging to a different stratum. This maximises the efficiency of stratification in reducing sampling variance.

MULTI-STAGE CLUSTER SELECTION

A cluster is a naturally occurring unit or grouping within the population (e.g. enumeration areas, cities, universities, provinces, hospitals etc.); it is a unit for which the administrative level has clear, nonoverlapping boundaries. Cluster sampling is useful because it avoids having to compile exhaustive lists of every single person in the population. Clusters should be as heterogeneous as possible within and as homogenous as possible between (note that this is the opposite criterion as that for strata). Clusters should be as small as possible (i.e. large administrative units such as Provinces or States are not good clusters) but not so small as to be homogenous.

In cluster sampling, a number of clusters are randomly selected from a list of clusters. Then, either all members of the chosen cluster or a random selection from among them are included in the sample. Multistage sampling is an extension of cluster sampling where a hierarchy of clusters are chosen going from larger to smaller.

In order to carry out multi-stage sampling, one needs to know only the population sizes of the sampling units. For the smallest sampling unit above the elementary unit however, a complete list of all elementary units (households) is needed; in order to be able to randomly select among all households in the TSU, a list of all those households is required. This information may be available from the most recent population census. If the last census was >3 years ago or the information furnished by it was of poor quality or unreliable, the survey staff will have the task of enumerating all households in the smallest randomly selected sampling unit. It is very important to budget for this step if it is necessary and ensure that all households are properly enumerated in order that a representative sample is obtained.

It is always best to have as many clusters in the PSU as possible. The reason for this is that the fewer the number of respondents in each PSU, the lower will be the clustering effect which

Context

There are all sorts of reasons why you'd want to know a hospital's quality rating.

• Your mom is having her second hip replacement. Her first one went terribly and you're nervous about how she'll do. Which hospital would you suggest she have her surgery?
• You're selecting a health plan on your state's Exchange, but your top two choices partner with different hospitals. How will you decide which plan to pick?
• Your brother has Cystic Fibrosis and has to go to the ER frequently. He hates waiting. Which hospitals/states provide care in the timeliest manner?
• Your in-laws moved to Florida recently to retire, and have been trying to convince you to move there too. You're looking for any way possible to show them that your state is better. Does your state have better hospitals?

Every hospital in the United States of America that accepts publicly insured patients (Medicaid or MediCare) is required to submit quality data, quarterly, to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). There are very few hospitals that do not accept publicly insured patients, so this is quite a comprehensive list.

Content

This file contains general information about all hospitals that have been registered with Medicare, including their addresses, type of hospital, and ownership structure. It also contains information about the quality of each hospital, in the form of an overall rating (1-5, where 5 is the best possible rating & 1 is the worst), and whether the hospital scored above, same as, or below the national average for a variety of measures.

This data was updated by CMS on July 25, 2017. CMS' overall rating includes 60 of the 100 measures for which data is collected & reported on Hospital Compare website (https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html). Each of the measures have different collection/reporting dates, so it is impossible to specify exactly which time period this dataset covers. For more information about the timeframes for each measure, see: https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/Data/Data-Updated.html# For more information about the data itself, APIs and a variety of formats, see: https://data.medicare.gov/Hospital-Compare

Acknowledgements

Attention: Works of the U.S. Government are in the public domain and permission is not required to reuse them. An attribution to the agency as the source is appreciated. Your materials, however, should not give the false impression of government endorsement of your commercial products or services. See 42 U.S.C. 1320b-10.

Inspiration

Which hospital types & hospital ownerships are most common?

Which hospital types & ownerships are associated with better than average ratings/mortality/readmission/etc?

What is the average hospital rating, by state?

Which hospital types & hospital ownerships are more likely to have not submitted proper data ("Not Available" & "Results are not available for this reporting period")?

Which parts of the country have the highest & lowest density of religious hospitals?

According to a ranking by Statista and Newsweek, the best hospital in Finland is Helsinki University Hospital in Helsinki. Moreover, Helsinki University Hospital was also ranked as the **** best hospital in the world, among over ****** hospitals in ** countries. Tampere University Hospital in Tampere and Turku University Hospital in Turku were ranked as second and third best respectively in the Finland, while they were ***** and ***** best respectively in the World.

This horizontal bar chart displays hospital beds (per 1,000 people) by country using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Europe. The data is about countries.

The Children’s Hospitals in Africa Mapping Project (CHAMP) survey was developed and implemented to assess the capabilities of some of the best resourced sub-Saharan African hospitals serving children. The aim was to evaluate hospital facilities, infrastructure, equipment, supplies, services, staffing, and readiness to care for children amid public health emergencies. This report analysed a subset of survey questions that characterised the hospitals and assessed facilities, equipment, supplies, infrastructure and capacity to respond to emergencies and outbreaks. Twenty-four sites were recruited. Twenty hospitals from 15 countries completed the survey from 2018 to 2019. This portion of the CHAMP study identified issues with facilities, equipment, supplies, infrastructure, and the capacity to respond to emergencies and infectious disease outbreaks. On a day-to-day basis, most hospitals were operating at or near capacity and frequently experienced power outages and water shortages. Overall, most hospitals were ill-prepared to manage a major disaster or infectious disease outbreak. If countries are to be prepared to deal with current needs as well as to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to public health threats, hospitals that care for children will require significant investments.

This horizontal bar chart displays hospital beds (per 1,000 people) by country using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Africa. The data is about countries.

Context

This dataset contains Hospital General Information from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. This is the BigQuery COVID-19 public dataset. This data contains a list of all hospitals that have been registered with Medicare. This list includes addresses, phone numbers, hospital types and quality of care information. The quality of care data is provided for over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals, including over 130 Veterans Administration (VA) medical centers, across the country. You can use this data to find hospitals and compare the quality of their care

Querying BigQuery tables

You can use the BigQuery Python client library to query tables in this dataset in Kernels. Note that methods available in Kernels are limited to querying data. Tables are at bigquery-public-data.cms_medicare.hospital_general_info.

Sample Query

How do the hospitals in Mountain View, CA compare to the average hospital in the US? With the hospital compare data you can quickly understand how hospitals in one geographic location compare to another location. In this example query we compare Google’s home in Mountain View, California, to the average hospital in the United States. You can also modify the query to learn how the hospitals in your city compare to the US national average.

“#standardSQL SELECT MTV_AVG_HOSPITAL_RATING, US_AVG_HOSPITAL_RATING FROM ( SELECT ROUND(AVG(CAST(hospital_overall_rating AS int64)),2) AS MTV_AVG_HOSPITAL_RATING FROM bigquery-public-data.cms_medicare.hospital_general_info WHERE city = 'MOUNTAIN VIEW' AND state = 'CA' AND hospital_overall_rating <> 'Not Available') MTV JOIN ( SELECT ROUND(AVG(CAST(hospital_overall_rating AS int64)),2) AS US_AVG_HOSPITAL_RATING FROM bigquery-public-data.cms_medicare.hospital_general_info WHERE hospital_overall_rating <> 'Not Available') ON 1 = 1”

What are the most common diseases treated at hospitals that do well in the category of patient readmissions? For hospitals that achieved “Above the national average” in the category of patient readmissions, it might be interesting to review the types of diagnoses that are treated at those inpatient facilities. While this query won’t provide the granular detail that went into the readmission calculation, it gives us a quick glimpse into the top disease related groups (DRG)
, or classification of inpatient stays that are found at those hospitals. By joining the general hospital information to the inpatient charge data, also provided by CMS, you could quickly identify DRGs that may warrant additional research. You can also modify the query to review the top diagnosis related groups for hospital metrics you might be interested in. “#standardSQL SELECT drg_definition, SUM(total_discharges) total_discharge_per_drg FROM bigquery-public-data.cms_medicare.hospital_general_info gi INNER JOIN bigquery-public-data.cms_medicare.inpatient_charges_2015 ic ON gi.provider_id = ic.provider_id WHERE readmission_national_comparison = 'Above the national average' GROUP BY drg_definition ORDER BY total_discharge_per_drg DESC LIMIT 10;”