Seattle Children’s ranked 13th top children’s hospital in U.S.

Parents magazine has ranked Seattle Children’s the 13th top children’s hospital in the country. 

The ranking was based on a 250-questions survey filled out by 75 children’s hospitals. 

The survey asked the hospitals about such issues as survival rates, number of complex procedures performed, research studies, staff qualifications, and safeguards to prevent medical errors.

Among specialties, Seattle Children’s was ranked in the top five for cancer care.

Top 15:

1. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2. Children’s Hospital Boston
3. Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
4. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
5. St. Louis Children’s Hospital
6. Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus
7. Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
8. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
9. Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Cleveland
10. The Children’s Hospital, Denver
11. Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago
12. Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, New York Cit
13. Seattle Children’s Hospital
14. Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
15. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville
    
    

To learn more:

• Read the article on the survey in Parents magazine.
• Visit Seattle Children’s Web site.

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