The Ridgewood Blog Brings a Free Market Laissez-faire Point of View to Local, New Jersey State and National Issues.
The Newsweek “Best Hospitals” is a SUBJECTIVE OPINION poll
.
It is basically a popularity contest and is useless as an indicator of the quality of a hospital.
.
From Newsweek’s own website regarding the methodology used:
(they even call the list a “survey” – not an analysis)
staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of the best hospitals in America for 2018-19, evaluating more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide across 16 specialties and nine procedures and conditions. U.S. News also ranked the best hospitals in America by region.
