America's Best Hospitals: 2005

The annual U.S. News & World Report list of the United States’ best hospitals is prepared by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. This year's list recognizes 16 hospitals, each of which excels in many specialties.

• 1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
• 2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
• 3. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
• 4. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• 5. UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
• 6. Barnes–Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
• 7. New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N.Y.
• 8. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
• 9. University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
• 10. University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif.
• 11. University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• 12. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
• 13. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 14. University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, Ill.
• 15. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
• 16. Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.

via Infoplease