The rankings were determined based on patient safety, expert opinion, survival and other metrics, including hospitals that admitted at least 430 Medicare patients in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
These are the top 10 hospitals for orthopedics:
1. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
2. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)
3. Cleveland Clinic
4. Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (Philadelphia)
4. Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
6. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
7. UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco)
8. NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital (New York City)
9. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)
10. Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
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