UCSF Medical Center
Badge: regionally ranked Ranked #1 in San Francisco
With especially strong scores in 11 specialties, UCSF Medical Center in San
Francisco, CA, was named once again to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. UCSF
Medical Center is ranked nationally in 14 adult and 9 pediatric specialties...This
hospital is a 660-bed general medical and surgical facility with 28,144 annual
admissions, according to the latest data. It performed 13,325 annual inpatient and
12,660 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 37,761 visits. UCSF Medical
Center is a teaching hospital. It is also accredited by the Joint Commission (JC).
This hospital was among 140 facilities—fewer than 3 percent of the 4,825
analyzed for the latest Best Hospitals rankings—to be ranked in even one of
the 16 specialties.
Nationally Ranked:
#8 in Cancer
#43 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery
#4 in Diabetes & Endocrinology
#15 in Ear, Nose & Throat
#14 in Gastroenterology
#12 in Geriatrics
#10 in Gynecology
#8 in Nephrology
#5 in Neurology & Neurosurgery
#10 in Ophthalmology
#21 in Orthopedics
#12 in Pulmonology
#9 in Rheumatology
#6 in Urology
High-Performing in Psychiatry
Pediatric Specialties
This hospital was among 76 facilities ranked in one or more of the 10 pediatric
specialties in the 2011-12 version of Best Children's Hospitals.
Nationally Ranked:
#23 in Pediatrics: Cancer
#27 in Pediatrics: Cardiology & Heart Surgery
#17 in Pediatrics: Diabetes & Endocrinology
#20 in Pediatrics: Gastroenterology
#14 in Pediatrics: Neonatology
#17 in Pediatrics: Nephrology
#22 in Pediatrics: Neurology & Neurosurgery
#47 in Pediatrics: Pulmonology
#28 in Pediatrics: Urology
Patient Satisfaction
Under a federal program, most U.S. hospitals now sample recently discharged patients
and ask them about their stay. In a year's worth of surveys, here's how this hospital's
patients responded to a key question, along with averages within the state and
nationally.
Whether patients would recommend the hospital to friends and family:
Definitely
81%
State Average
68%
National Average
69%
Probably or definitely not
3%
State Average
7%
National Average
5%
See complete patient satisfaction survey results
Badge: regionally ranked Ranked #1 in San Francisco
With especially strong scores in 11 specialties, UCSF Medical Center in San
Francisco, CA, was named once again to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll. UCSF
Medical Center is ranked nationally in 14 adult and 9 pediatric specialties...This
hospital is a 660-bed general medical and surgical facility with 28,144 annual
admissions, according to the latest data. It performed 13,325 annual inpatient and
12,660 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 37,761 visits. UCSF Medical
Center is a teaching hospital. It is also accredited by the Joint Commission (JC).
This hospital was among 140 facilities—fewer than 3 percent of the 4,825
analyzed for the latest Best Hospitals rankings—to be ranked in even one of
the 16 specialties.
Nationally Ranked:
#8 in Cancer
#43 in Cardiology & Heart Surgery
#4 in Diabetes & Endocrinology
#15 in Ear, Nose & Throat
#14 in Gastroenterology
#12 in Geriatrics
#10 in Gynecology
#8 in Nephrology
#5 in Neurology & Neurosurgery
#10 in Ophthalmology
#21 in Orthopedics
#12 in Pulmonology
#9 in Rheumatology
#6 in Urology
High-Performing in Psychiatry
Pediatric Specialties
This hospital was among 76 facilities ranked in one or more of the 10 pediatric
specialties in the 2011-12 version of Best Children's Hospitals.
Nationally Ranked:
#23 in Pediatrics: Cancer
#27 in Pediatrics: Cardiology & Heart Surgery
#17 in Pediatrics: Diabetes & Endocrinology
#20 in Pediatrics: Gastroenterology
#14 in Pediatrics: Neonatology
#17 in Pediatrics: Nephrology
#22 in Pediatrics: Neurology & Neurosurgery
#47 in Pediatrics: Pulmonology
#28 in Pediatrics: Urology
Patient Satisfaction
Under a federal program, most U.S. hospitals now sample recently discharged patients
and ask them about their stay. In a year's worth of surveys, here's how this hospital's
patients responded to a key question, along with averages within the state and
nationally.
Whether patients would recommend the hospital to friends and family:
Definitely
81%
State Average
68%
National Average
69%
Probably or definitely not
3%
State Average
7%
National Average
5%
See complete patient satisfaction survey results
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