Seattle Children's Hospital is nationally ranked in all 10 Best Children's Hospitals specialties. It is a 316-bed general children's facility with more than 15,000 admissions in the latest year reported. It is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
The U.S. News analysis of hospitals includes data from nearly 5,000 centers across multiple clinical specialties, procedures and conditions. Scores are based on a variety of patient outcome and care-related factors, such as patient safety and nurse staffing. Hospitals are ranked nationally in specialties and regionally in states and major metro areas. U.S. News assigns a rating to hospitals in a handful of common procedures and conditions, including hip replacement and COPD. Seattle Children's Hospital is ranked nationally in 10 children's specialties. Read more about how we rank best hospitals.
U.S. News gathers clinical data directly from children's hospitals through a detailed survey spanning 10 pediatric specialties.
| Specialty | National Rank | Overall Score | |
| Neonatology |
|
84.3/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Cancer |
|
87.5/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Cardiology & Heart Surgery |
|
81.6/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology |
|
84.8/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery |
|
79.6/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Nephrology |
|
93.5/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery |
|
81.0/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Orthopedics |
|
77.4/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Pulmonology |
|
85.6/100 | Scorecard |
| Pediatric Urology |
|
81.1/100 | Scorecard |
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