Find Private Clinics: USA and Abroad
Finding health care in the United States is an individual undertaking. Below we offer some starting points. These resources range from a well known annual ranking of America’s best hospitals and health centers to some general guides to health care.
The US News is a national American magazine that publishes an annual review of America’s best hospitals. Below is a list of the 18 best for 2007. Note: numbering issues have to do with ties in the rankings. For the full story, see the magazine, US News, Issue: July 23-30, 2007, at your local library.
• 1 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
• 2 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
• 3 UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
• 4 Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• 5 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
• 6 New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N.Y.
• 7 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
• 7 University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif.
• 9 Barnes–Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.
• 10 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass.
• 11 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
• 12 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• 13 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• 14 University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Ann Arbor
• 15 Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, Calif.
• 15. Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
• 17 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
• 17 University of Chicago Medial Center
American Health Guide
This guide has been developed to offer users a wide array of health care information including over 5,000 hospitals, specialized facilities, medical libraries, medical license look up and more.
http://healthguideusa.org
AHA Guide to the Health Care Field, 2008
Published by the American Hospital Association
- This book is a major source book on American health care. It features an annual directory of hospitals, health care systems, networks, ambulatory surgery centers as well as important information on ownership, accreditation approvals and more. The book is expensive to purchase (over $300 US), so you might want to read it at your local library.
Health Care Abroad
One of the best and most recent sources of information on accessing health care abroad is a book called "Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody’s Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Tourism" by Josef Woodman (Available at www.amazon.ca). This book describes all medical tourism destinations. Written for an American audience, this guide is no less informative for Canadians. Some key points are:
- Key questions to ask
- Why a medical broker or medical travel planner is essential
- The six thousand dollar rule
For more information, go to Medical Tourism
Find Private Clinics: Canada