1、METHODOLOGYWorlds Best Hospitals 20242Summary of the projectMethodology Worlds Best Hospitals 2024The Worlds Best Hospitals 2024 ranking lists the best hospitals in 30 countries:USA,Germany,Japan,France,Italy,United Kingdom,South Korea,Brazil,India,Spain,Canada,Australia,Mexico,Colombia,Netherlands,

2、Saudi Arabia,Switzerland,Taiwan,United Arab Emirates,Austria,Belgium,Chile,Malaysia,Thailand,Sweden,Denmark,Finland,Norway,Israel,Singapore.The countries were selected based on multiple comparability factors,such as standard of living/life expectancy,population size,number of hospitals and data avai

3、lability.The lists are based on four data sources:Recommendations from medical experts(doctors,hospitals managers,health care professionals)Results from patient surveysHospital quality metricsPROMs implementation surveyThe number of hospitals awarded in each country varies based on the number of hos

4、pitals and data availability in the respective country.USA has the most hospitals awarded with 420,while Israel and Singapore are represented with 10 hospitals each.In total,2,400 hospitals are ranked for this sixth edition of the ranking.Every hospital in each country is rated by a score.Scores are

5、 only comparable between hospitals in the same country,because different sources for patient experience and hospital quality metrics were examined in each country.Since it was not possible to harmonize this data,cross-country comparisons of the scores are not possible(example:A score of 90 in countr

6、y A doesnt necessarily mean that this hospital is better than a hospital with a score of 87 in country B).Specialized hospitals like heart or cancer hospitals differ in their offer from general hospitals,and therefore are displayed separately.This lists are sorted alphabetically because hospitals wi