Johns Hopkins again ranks as top US hospital for psychiatry
Johns Hopkins Hospital has been named the top hospital in the U.S. for psychiatric care for the second year in a row, according to the U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals 2021-2022" survey.
The survey analyzed data of more than 4,750 hospitals, of which 175 were nationally ranked in at least one specialty. A total of 531 were ranked among the "Best Regional Hospitals" in a state or metro area.
Data used in this year’s rankings and ratings were derived from a period that predated the COVID-19 pandemic and thus were not altered by the pandemic’s effects on hospitals.
“This year’s expanded report from U.S. News includes new ratings for important procedures and conditions to help patients, in consultation with their doctors, narrow down their choice of hospital based on the specific type of care they need,” Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News, said in a press release.
Further, U.S. News assessed racial disparities in health care and released health equity measures alongside the hospital rankings. New measures included an assessment of whether the patients each hospital treated represented the racial and ethnic diversity of the surrounding community.
“At roughly four out of five hospitals, we found that the community’s minority residents were underrepresented among patients receiving services such as joint replacement, cancer surgery and common heart procedures,” Harder said. “Against this backdrop, however, we found important exceptions — hospitals that provide care to a disproportionate share of their community’s minority residents. These metrics are just a beginning; we aim to expand on our measurement of health equity in the future.”
U.S. News Best Hospitals methodologies include objective measures, such as risk-adjusted survival and discharge-to-home rates, volume and quality of nursing, as well as other indicators associated with care.
For adult psychiatric care, the 10 top-ranking hospitals are:
1. Johns Hopkins Hospital
2. McLean Hospital
3. Massachusetts General Hospital
4. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell
5. Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
6. UCSF Medical Center
7. Sheppard Pratt Hospital
8. Menninger Clinic
9. Mayo Clinic
10. NYU Langone Hospitals
To see the complete 2021-2022 rankings and methodologies, go to https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/rankings?src=usn_pr.