Of the more than 5,500 hospitals in the United States, only 158 can call themselves “the best,” at least according to the just-released list of the Best Hospitals in the United States for 2018-2019 from U.S. News & World Report. To determine the winners, U.S. News collected and analyzed data from nearly 5,000 medical centers, as well as survey responses from 30,000+ physicians, and ranked those with the best scores across 16 specialties. Below are the top three hospitals named the Best for Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Geriatrics, as well as their scores in their respective specialties.

Best Hospitals for Cancer

1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX – 100/100
2. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY – 97.4/100
3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN – 95.3/100

Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery

1. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH – 100/100
2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN – 99.6/100
3. Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA – 84.3/100

Best Hospitals for Neurology & Neurosurgery

1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN – 100/100
2. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD – 95.7/100
3. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA – 89.1/100

Best Hospitals for Geriatrics

1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN – 100/100
2. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD – 97.5/100
3. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY – 94.5/100

The top three Best Hospitals in the United States, across all specialties and over all, according to the report, are Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and Johns Hopkins Hospital, in that order.

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