Seventeen domestic hospitals made the list of this year's world's top 250 released on March 5 on the website of the U.S. magazine Newsweek. (Screen capture from Newsweek's website)
Newsweek magazine of the U.S. has named 17 hospitals in Korea as among the world's best.
The weekly's website on March 5 released its list of the world's top 250 hospitals.
Asan Medical Center was the highest-ranked Korean institution on the list at 22nd. Another five made the top 100: Samsung Medical Center (34th), Severance Hospital (40th), Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital (43rd), SNU Bundang Hospital (81st) and Gangnam Severance Hospital (94th).
Others on the list were Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital at the Catholic University of Korea (CUK) at 104th; Ajou University Hospital 120th; Inha University Hospital 148th; Kangbuk Samsung Hospital 152th; Korea University Anam Hospital 160th; Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital of the CUK 170th; KyungHee University Medical Center 208th; Chung-Ang University Hospital 214th; Konkuk University Medical Center 222th; Ewha Womans University Medical Center 225th; and Daegu Catholic University Medical Center (235th).
Newsweek and the global survey company Statista collected recommendations from 85,000 medical professionals in 30 countries and patient satisfaction data to determine the list.
The rankings' four factors were online survey results from doctors, medical professionals and hospital staff (45%), hospital quality metrics (35.25%), patient experience (16.25%) and patient reported outcome measures (3.5%).
The world's top 250 hospitals were selected among 2,400 in 30 countries, with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, being No. 1.
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