Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic earned the top spot on U.S. News & World Report's 2017-18 Best Hospitals rankings for the second year in a row.
The publication released its 28th annual version of the list Tuesday. U.S. News delayed the rankings' release by a week after finding several coding errors associated with new ranking methodologies it adopted this year to account for the socioeconomic status of a hospital's patient demographic, among other factors that could influence a hospital's ranking.
Cleveland Clinic maintained its No. 2 spot on the list, but Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital ousted Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital for the No. 3 position this year.
Here are this year's Honor Roll hospitals and the top five hospitals for three high-profile specialties.
Honor Roll hospitals
Cardiology and heart surgery
1. Cleveland Clinic
2. Mayo Clinic
3. New York-Presbyterian Hospital
4. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
5. Massachusetts General Hospital
Cancer
1. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)
2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City)
3. Mayo Clinic
4. Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (Boston)
5. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance/University of Washington Medical Center
Orthopedics
1. Hospital for Special Surgery (New York City)
2. Mayo Clinic
3. Cleveland Clinic
4. Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (Philadelphia)
5. Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
See the full rankings and methodology explanation here.
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