U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals: Neonatology

U.S. News Best Children's Hospitals

Top-Ranked Pediatric Hospitals for Neonatology

Best Children's Hospitals Rankings Methodology

The top 50 neonatal centers are ranked below. Nurse staffing in neonatal intensive care units, ability to prevent bloodstream infections, and patient volume are among the factors that made up 75 percent of a hospital's score. Most of the data came from a U.S. News survey of children's hospitals. The other 25 percent reflects how many of 450 neonatologists surveyed in 2009, 2010, and 2011 recommended the hospital.

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Top Doctors: Neonatology

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#1
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Reputation with specialists
58.00

Very strong

Nurse-patient ratio
3.50

Superior

Hospital type:
Children's general
Number of beds:
459

Ranked #1 in Pediatrics: Diabetes & Endocrinology

Ranked #1 in Pediatrics: Neonatology

Ranked #1 in Pediatrics: Pulmonology

#2
Children's Hospital Boston

Boston, MA

Reputation with specialists
41.80

Strong

Nurse-patient ratio
4.00

Superior

Hospital type:
Children's general
Number of beds:
396

Ranked #1 in Pediatrics: Cancer

Ranked #1 in Pediatrics: Cardiology & Heart Surgery

Ranked #1 in Pediatrics: Nephrology

#3
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Reputation with specialists
33.60

Strong

Nurse-patient ratio
4.00

Superior

Hospital type:
Children's general
Number of beds:
512

Ranked #1 in Pediatrics: Gastroenterology

Ranked #2 in Pediatrics: Pulmonology

Ranked #3 in Pediatrics: Neonatology

#4
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

Cleveland, OH

Reputation with specialists
28.10

Strong

Nurse-patient ratio
2.50

Average

Hospital type:
General medical and surgical
Number of beds:
741
Parent system:
University Hospitals

Ranked #4 in Pediatrics: Neonatology

Ranked #8 in Pediatrics: Pulmonology

Ranked #12 in Pediatrics: Orthopedics

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#5
Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, TX

Reputation with specialists
20.40

Strong

Nurse-patient ratio
3.10

Superior

Hospital type:
Children's general
Number of beds:
469

Ranked #4 in Pediatrics: Cancer

Ranked #4 in Pediatrics: Cardiology & Heart Surgery

Ranked #4 in Pediatrics: Gastroenterology

#6
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

Palo Alto, CA

Reputation with specialists
22.20

Strong

Nurse-patient ratio
2.80

Good

Hospital type:
Children's general
Number of beds:
302
Parent system:
Stanford Health Care

Ranked #5 in Pediatrics: Cardiology & Heart Surgery

Ranked #6 in Pediatrics: Neonatology

Ranked #7 in Pediatrics: Nephrology

#6
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley-Komansky Children's Hospital

New York, NY

Reputation with specialists
19.90

Strong

Nurse-patient ratio
2.50

Average

Hospital type:
General medical and surgical
Number of beds:
2261
Parent system:
New York Presbyterian Healthcare System

Ranked #4 in Neurology & Neurosurgery

Ranked #4 in Psychiatry

Ranked #5 in Nephrology

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#8
Children's National Medical Center

Washington, DC

Reputation with specialists
10.50

Significant

Nurse-patient ratio
2.80

Good

Hospital type:
Children's general
Number of beds:
283

Ranked #8 in Pediatrics: Neonatology

Ranked #11 in Pediatrics: Cancer

Ranked #15 in Pediatrics: Neurology & Neurosurgery

#9
St. Louis Children's Hospital-Washington University

Saint Louis, MO

Reputation with specialists
8.30

Significant

Nurse-patient ratio
3.40

Superior

Hospital type:
Children's general
Number of beds:
250
Parent system:
BJC HealthCare

Ranked #5 in Pediatrics: Neurology & Neurosurgery

Ranked #6 in Pediatrics: Pulmonology

Ranked #9 in Pediatrics: Neonatology

#10
Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Baltimore, MD

Reputation with specialists
12.10

Significant

Nurse-patient ratio
2.90

Good

Hospital type:
General medical and surgical
Number of beds:
913
Parent system:
Johns Hopkins Health System

Ranked #1 in Ear, Nose & Throat

Ranked #1 in Neurology & Neurosurgery

Ranked #1 in Psychiatry

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