Until 5 Spanish public hospitals are among the 100 best hospitals in the world 2023, according to the list prepared by the magazine Newsweek and the Statista portal. There are 3 centers in Madrid and 2 in Barcelona.
Every year the ranking lists the best hospital centers based on criteria such as care, research or innovation. The best institutions also share another quality: consistency. “The best hospitals in the world constantly attract the best people and provide the best results for patients, as well as the most important new therapies and research,” the newspaper underlines.
The fifth annual list has ranked more than 2,300 hospitals in 28 countries. Of all of them, the ranking includes a total of the 250 best centers worldwide. ANDthe Mayo Clinic in the city of Rochester in the USA it is considered the best hospital in the world. They follow him on the podium the Cleveland Clinic and the Massachusetts General Hospital both also American. The North American country adds up to 5 hospitals among the 10 best valued.
Which Spanish hospitals are the best in the world? Based on the list, among the top 100 is La Paz University Hospital, in Madrid, which is ranked 53rd, being the best valued Spanish center. You have to go down to position 62 to reach the next one, since it reaches the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona.
The third best positioned is the University Hospital October 12, located in the Usera district, south of the capital. He Vall d’Hebron Hospital of Barcelona, in position 83 and the Gregorio Maranonin Madrid that ranks 90 are the other 2 centers that manage to sneak into the top 100.
If we broaden the spectrum to private centers, then in position 97 appears the University of Navarra Clinic located in Pamplona.
Other national hospitals that appear in the total list, of up to 250 are the Jimenez Diaz Foundation private center in Madrid, in position 211, Ramon y Cajal Hospital (position 152), Polytechnic University Hospital and the Faith of Valencia (205), San Carlos Clinic in Madrid (216), Hospital Virgen del Rocío in Seville (220) and the Iron Gate of Majadahonda in Madrid (230). The list closes on Marquis of Valdecillain Santander in position 245.
The ranking is based on 4 data sources. The recommendation of more than 80,000 medical experts from 28 countries, patient experience, hospital quality metrics and the implementation of PROMs, standardized and validated questionnaires that patients complete to measure their perception of their functional well-being and quality of life.
