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Duke Again Among Top Ranked U.S. Hospitals
Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC is once again ranked among the nation’s best hospitals in U.S. News & World Report's 2016-2017 Best Hospitals Honor Roll. The hospital is ranked nationally in 13 adult and 10 pediatric specialties. It also received a rating of high performing in 9 other adult procedures/conditions.
Four Duke Adult Specialties Are Among the Top 10 in the Country
- Cardiology and Heart Surgery (5th)
- Pulmonology (5th)
- Ophthalmology (6th)
- Urology (9th)
Best Hospital in North Carolina
Duke University Hospital is also ranked as the best hospital in North Carolina and the best hospital in the Raleigh-Durham metro area.
Nationally Ranked Adult Specialties at Duke
- Cancer (40th)
- Cardiology and Heart surgery (5th)
- Diabetes and Endocrinology (18th)
- Gastroenterology and GI surgery (38th)
- Geriatrics (35th)
- Gynecology (23rd)
- Nephrology (28th)
- Neurology and Neurosurgery (33rd)
- Ophthalmology (6th)
- Orthopaedics (15th)
- Pulmonology (5th)
- Rheumatology (13th)
- Urology (9th)
Duke Achieves Highest Rating in 9 Adult Procedures/Conditions
In addition to specialties, U.S. News evaluates hospitals in several commonly performed medical procedures and conditions. Duke was rated high performing in nine adult procedures/conditions:
Nationally Ranked Children’s Specialties at Duke
- Pediatric cancer (#25)
- Pediatric cardiology and heart surgery (#22)
- Pediatric diabetes and endocrinology (#26)
- Pediatric gastroenterology and GI (#36)
- Pediatric neonatology (#15)
- Pediatric nephrology (#37)
- Pediatric neurology and neurosurgery (#25)
- Pediatric orthopaedics (#40)
- Pediatric pulmonology (#48)
- Pediatric urology (#50)
Methodology
More than 5,000 hospitals are evaluated in the U.S. News analysis. Scores are based on a variety of factors related to patient outcomes and patient care.
