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6 FACH Member Hospitals Ranked by US News & World Report
US News & World Report has published its list of best children’s hospitals for 2018. Six Florida children’s hospitals who are members of the Florida Association for Children’s Hospitals (FACH) were among the hospitals who ranked highly in specific specialty areas. To create the pediatric rankings, US News & World Report gathers key clinical data from nearly 200 medical centers through a detailed survey that looks at measures such as patient safety, infection prevention and adequacy of nurse staffing. In addition, part of each hospital’s score is derived from surveys of more than 11,000 pediatric specialists who are asked where they would send the sickest children in their specialty. In 2018, only 86 children’s hospitals were ranked in at least one of the pediatric specialties evaluated.
FACH hospitals and their rankings are:
UF Health Shands
39 – pediatric neonatology
49 – pediatric cancer
19 – pediatric cardiology and heart surgery
50 – pediatric neurology and neurosurgery
22 – pediatric pulmonology
27 – pediatric diabetes and endocrinology
Arnold Palmer Orlando
36 – pediatric cardiology and heart surgery
34 – pediatric diabetes and endocrinology
34 – pediatric orthopedics
38 – pediatric pulmonology
44 – pediatric urology
Joe DiMaggio
35 – pediatric orthopedics
Florida Hospital for Children
42 – pediatric neonatology
Wolfson Jacksonville
48 – pediatric cancer
47 – pediatric neurology and neurosurgery
Holtz
43 – pediatric diabetes and endocrinology
Best and Worst States for Children's Health Care
Raising a child in America is extremely expensive, costing the average parent over $230k, and health care accounts for a big chunk of the bill. While more kids are insured today than at any other point in history, the higher coverage rate hasn’t translated to lower health costs for parents. For example, out of pocket costs for patients aged 0 to 18 increased by 18% between 2012 and 2016.
But it’s a different story in every state. WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 30 key indicators of cost, quality and access to children’s health care. Their data set ranges from share of children aged 0 to 17 in excellent or very good health to pediatricians and family doctors per capita.