ChristianaCare Is Ranked Among The 50 Best Hospitals In America
Healthcare is always on our minds in Delaware. Luckily, ChristianaCare is ranked among the 50 best hospitals in America.
For the third year in a row ChristianaCare has ranked amongst the top 50 best hospitals in the country which means its among the top 1%
The annual Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award analyzes more than 4,500 hospitals during the awards.
Christiana and Wilmington Hospitals were both ranked in the top 50.
According to their website, ChristianaCare received the following recognitions:
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award™ for two years in a row (2022-2023).
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention Award™ in 2023.
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Surgery Award™ for 12 years in a row (2012-2023).
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award™ for 10 years in a row (2014-2023).
- America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award™ for eight years in a row (2016-2023).
- America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care for two years in a row (2022-2023).
Healthgrades evaluated patient mortality and complication rates for 31 of the most common conditions and procedures at nearly 4,500 hospitals across the country to identify the top-performing hospitals.
“This year’s analysis revealed significant variation between America’s Best 50 Hospitals and hospitals that did not receive the distinction. In fact, if all hospitals performed similarly to America’s 50 Best, more than 150,000 lives could potentially have been saved. Patients treated for heart failure at ChristianaCare and other 2023 America’s 50 Best Hospitals have, on average, a 22.8% lower risk of dying than if they were treated at a hospital that did not receive the award” ChristianaCare says.
Healthgrades analysis is based on 45+ million Medicare medical claims for the most recent three-year period available. Hospitals can neither opt-in nor opt-out, nor can they submit their own data.
A full breakdown of the methodology used for the Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals can be found here.
Healthcare is always on our minds in Delaware. Luckily, ChristianaCare is ranked among the 50 best hospitals in America.