A Special Feature on Thomson Reuters' 100 Top Hospitals, 2012. Hospitals are listed in five categories: two groups of teaching hospitals and three groups of community hospitals based on bed count. Source: Thomson Reuters. Published April 16, 2012, 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

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Available below is a web-exclusive package that includes six performance comparison charts of the 100 top hospitals in aggregate. Please click on the item name to view its full description.