A Special Feature on Truven Health's 100 Top Hospitals, 2013. Hospitals are listed in five categories: two groups of teaching hospitals and three groups of community hospitals based on bed count. Source: Truven Health. Published Feb. 25, 2013, p. 27.
This list includes the following data points:
- Major teaching hospitals (400 or more beds and high levels of physician education and research): Hospital name, location and number of years on the list
- Teaching hospitals (200 or more acute-care beds): Hospital name, location and number of years on the list
- Large community hospitals (250 or more acute-care beds): Hospital name, location and number of years on the list
- Medium-size community hospitals (100-249 acute-care beds): Hospital name, location and number of years on the list
- Small community hospitals (25-99 acute-care beds): Hospital name, location and number of years on the list