Newsweek names UC Davis Children’s Hospital one of America’s best

UC Davis Children’s Hospital has been named one of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals 2024 by Newsweek magazine and Statista, a global market research and consumer data firm. The hospital was ranked in three pediatric specialties: neonatology, neurology and cardiology.

UC Davis Children’s Hospital is the only hospital in Sacramento to be recognized.

“We are privileged to provide world-class care every day to children and families here in the Sacramento region and beyond,” said Brenda Chagolla, associate chief nursing officer at UC Davis Health. “On behalf of our whole team, we are honored to receive this recognition.”  

The rankings, announced this month, honored 175 leading hospitals in eight specialties: cardiology and cardiac surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology and hematology, pulmonology and thoracic surgery, and orthopedics.

The list was compiled from four data sources:

1. A nationwide online survey: Health care professionals and hospital managers with knowledge about pediatric care, such as general and specialized pediatricians and nurses, were asked to recommend leading children’s hospitals in the U.S. The survey was also promoted on newsweek.com
2. Hospital quality metrics with a focus on indicators from the American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey of Hospitals Database. This includes data provided by more than 6,200 hospitals and 400 health care systems.
3. Results from patient experience surveys, which included data from the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.
4. Statista Patient-Reported Outcome Measures implementation survey, which are standardized, validated questionnaires completed by patients.

The full list of recipients appears in Newsweek online.