Access to quality healthcare is always one of the top concerns when we vote or get sick and need the best treatment available. For the past five years, Newsweek, in partnership with the Statista data company, has compiled a ranking of the world’s best hospitals.

If we consider what has been involved in these last five years – the outbreak of the pandemic, the first major war that Europe has experienced in the 21st century, which in turn has led to a worsening of inflation, an energy crisis, the cost of living and funding cuts are This was a time of great pressure on health care, Euronews.it and Rador note.

“Newsweek” analyzed 2,300 hospitals in 28 countries and listed the 250 best – the list also includes specialty hospitals and compares competitors in terms of research, innovation, standards of care and consistency.

Countries were selected based on certain factors, including standard of living, life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals and availability of data.

More than 80,000 medical experts took part in an online survey, and patient feedback was also taken into account: the results are also based on quality parameters such as hygiene ratings.

According to Newsweek, “the world’s best hospitals consistently attract people and provide the best patient outcomes, the latest treatments and important research: relatively few hospitals in the world can do it all year round. in a year”.

What are the top 10 European hospitals?

The best hospitals on the continent, according to the study, were in Sweden, Germany and France, which took the first places in the final European ranking.

Hospitals: Assessment of location

1. Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna, Sweden 90.00%

2. Universitätsmedizin Berlin Berlin, Germany 93.49%

3. AP-HP – Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière Paris, France 95.14%

4. Universitätsspital Zürich Zürich, Switzerland 94.80%

5. Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany 92.37%

6. Center Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne, Switzerland 89.80%

7. Universitätsspital Basel Basel, Switzerland 89.50%

8. AP-HP – Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou Paris, France 86.85%

9. Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Germany 87.09%

10. Aarhus Universitetshospital Aarhus, Denmark 93.07%

11. Rigshospitalet – Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark 92.64%

12. Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien – Medizinischer Universitätscampus

Vienna, Austria 88.00%

13. LMU Klinikum Munich, Germany 86.60%

14. Medizinische Hochschule Hanover Hanover, Germany 86.02%

15. Amsterdam UMC Amsterdam, Netherlands 96.30%

16. Oslo Universitetssykehus Oslo, Norway 92.00%

17. Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli Rome, Italy 93.95%

18. Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki, Finland 92.00%

19. CHU Lille Hôpital Claude-Huriez Lille, France 82.53%

20. str. Thomas’ Hospital London, United Kingdom 89.40%

21. Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Hamburg, Germany 84.78%

22. UMC Utrecht Utrecht, Netherlands 93.08%

23. UZ Leuven Leuven/Pellenberg, Belgium 94.00%

24. Hospital Universitario La Paz Madrid, Spain 93.82%

25. Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland 89.32%

The Swedish Karolinska Universitetssjukhuse hospital in Solna took 6th place overall, the best in Europe. The university hospital collaborates with medical students and professors from the famous Karolinska Institute, and it alone accounts for the majority of academic medical research in the country.

Charite – an associated hospital of Universitätsmedizin Berlin – took 7th place in the overall ranking: it is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe, having produced more than half of the country’s Nobel Prize laureates in medicine and physiology.

AP-HP in Paris – Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière ranked 8th: it has received international recognition for its research in nervous system disorders, oncology, acute care and elderly care.

Overall, the European countries with the best hospitals were Germany, Switzerland and France.

Which country has the best hospitals?

The first four places in the list of “Newsweek” and “Statista” are dominated by US hospitals.

First is the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. If you’ve ever Googled symptoms, chances are you’ve heard of the Mayo Clinic, as the group has articles and advice on just about every medical condition.

Rochester Mayo Clinic is widely recognized as the best in healthcare, including cancer, heart health, geriatrics, gynecology and neurology.

“Newsweek” ranked Cleveland Clinic in Ohio second, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston third, and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore fourth.

Overall, the United States ranks 10th among the 25th and 46th best hospitals in the world out of 250. (Euronews.it and Rador takeover)