Back by popular demand, only Intellitech Analytics brings you the scoop on exactly how the popular Best Children's Hospital Rankings system by US News & World Reports is conducted.

Although both the survey itself and the methodology reports are published annually, the expansive complexity of the methods by which our nation's children's hospitals are compared is revealed. The Specialty Fact Sheets may be of interest to many different audiences. Hospital administrators, physicians and staff, whose public reputation and patient volume may be affected by the results, can use these reports to prioritize improvement efforts and projects to maximize their score potential. Patients, and the public at large, can use the reports to gain a more comprehensive understanding of just what the simplified results published by US News is telling them and whether or not it should influence their decision to seek care there or elsewhere. And finally, US News & World Reports, who we hope will use the Specialty Fact Sheets to identify improvements in the algorithm in future survey years.

best Children's Hospital rankings analysis

2016 - 2017 Report (Coming Soon!)

Specialty Fact Sheets

• Cancer
• Cardiology & Heart Surgery
• Diabetes & Heart Surgery
• Gastroenterology & GI Surgery
• Neonatology
• Nephrology
• Neurology & Neurosurgery
• Orthopedics
• Pulmonology
• Urology

Click here to access previous reports:

• 2015-2016 Best Children's Hospital Rankings Analysis