Best Specialized Hospitals APAC 2023

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has become the fastest-growing destination for healthcare investment. In recent years, hospitals in the APAC region are thriving on increasing specialization and technological advances in key medical fields.To provide patients with a comprehensive resource for informed decision making, Statista and Newsweek have partnered for the first time to award the leading hospitals in the APAC region, encompassing the countries Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. The ranking awards hospitals in six medical fields: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Oncology, Orthopedics and Pediatrics. List lengths vary between these six medical fields: top 100 hospitals for Cardiology, top 75 hospitals for Endocrinology, Neurology, Oncology and Pediatrics and top 50 hospitals for Orthopedics.

1. International online survey

From February to March 2023 over 8,000 medical professionals (e.g. medical doctors, nurses, physician assistants and therapists) as well as staff working in the management/administration in the countries of the designated APAC region were asked to recommend hospitals in their own field of expertise and in a secondary medical field. Participants were asked to recommend hospitals in their own country as well as international. Recommendations for their own employer/ hospital were not allowed.

The analysis of the primary and secondary recommendations of the six medical fields was used to determine the reputation score.

2. Certifications

Several Joint Commission International (JCI) certifications, relevant to specific medical fields, were included in the scoring analysis. Examples of certifications are “Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)”, “Breast Cancer” and “Knee Replacement”.

Hospitals received 5% towards their total score if they had a JCI certification.

Scores were calculated for each hospital in each of the two categories and weighted accordingly: International recommendations (60%, consisting of 70% recommendations from peers for primary medical field and 30% recommendations from peers for secondary medical field), national recommendations (35%) and certifications (5%).

Additionally, the PROMs implementation survey is displayed for participating hospitals. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are defined as standardized, validated questionnaires completed by patients to measure their perception of their functional well-being and quality of life. In fall/winter of 2022, Newsweek and Statista reached out to hospitals and conducted a survey about the implementation and use of PROMs. The aim is to include a PROMs implementation score in the scoring model in the next edition of the project.

Hospitals specializing in multiple medical fields received specific recommendation scores for each respective medical field. Therefore, one hospital can be represented in more than one list if it receives enough recommendations in each medical field.

Disclaimer The rankings are comprised exclusively of hospitals that are eligible regarding the scope described in this document. The ranking is the result of an elaborate process which, due to the interval of data-collection and analysis, is a reflection of the last 12 months. Furthermore, events preceding or following the period May 3, 2022 – May 3, 2023, and/or pertaining to individual persons affiliated/associated to the facilities were not included in the metrics. As such, the results of this ranking should not be used as the sole source of information for future deliberations.

The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information about hospitals or, if possible, accompanied by a visit to a facility. The quality of hospitals that are not included in the rankings is not disputed.

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