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This is a list of countries ranked by the quality of healthcare, as published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development . [1] The ranking takes into account various health outcomes, including survival rates for seven types of cancer, as well as for strokes and heart attacks.
Ministries of health in several sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, Uganda, and South African, were reported to have begun planning health system reform including hospital accreditation before 2002. However, most hospitals in Africa are administered by local health ministries or missionary organizations without accreditation programs.
The health information website narrowed down that list to the top 100 hospitals and top 50 hospitals. California had 11 of the medical facilities named in the top 50 while Pennsylvania had seven ...
The study stated that US News rankings matched other rankings about the market reputation of hospital brands, and alleged that US News rankings are overly influenced by brand image while doing less to assign a rank by health outcome metrics of patients who use medical services in those hospitals. [5]
Top teaching hospitals with a cardiovascular residency program 1. Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital - Plano. Location: Plano, Texas Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) rank:★★★★★
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The WHO did not merely consider health care outcomes, but also placed heavy emphasis on the health disparities between rich and poor, funding for the health care needs of the poor, and the extent to which a country was reaching the potential health care outcomes they believed were possible for that nation. In an international comparison of 21 ...
The US ranks lower (36th) when considering health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) at just over 69 years. [72] Another source, the Central Intelligence Agency, indicates life expectancy at birth in the US is 79.8, ranking it 42nd in the world. Monaco is first on this list of 224, with an average life expectancy of 89.5. [65]