METHODOLOGYBest Specialized Hospitals
Asia Pacific 2024

Methodology – Best Specialized Hospitals Asia Pacific 2024
Summary of the project•The 2nd edition of Best Specialized Hospitals Asia Pacific ranking awards 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 nine medical fields: Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology Endocrinology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oncology,
Orthopedics, Pediatrics and Pulmonology.

•List lengths vary between these nine medical fields: top 100 hospitals for Cardiology, Oncology and Pediatrics, and top 75 hospitals for Cardiac
Surgery, Endocrinology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics and Pulmonology.

•The evaluation is based on three pillars:− International online survey: During the survey period from February to April 2024, medical professionals (e.g., medical doctors, nurses,physician assistants, therapists) and staff working in the management/administration in the respective countries were invited to an online survey
in cooperation with Newsweek. The survey was also promoted on newsweek.com.

− Certifications: Based on the Joint Commission International (JCI1), certifications for the respective specialties were considered.
− Statista PROMS Implementation survey: In October to December 2023, Newsweek and Statista conducted a voluntary PROMs Implementation
survey to account for the increasing importance of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in hospitals worldwide. Participation wasoptional and hospitals with validated survey submissions received a PROMs implementation score.
•2Hospitals specializing in multiple medical fields received specific recommendation scores for each respective medical field. Therefore, one hospital canbe represented in more than one list if it receives enough recommendations in each medical field.

(1) Joint Commission International: https://www.jointcommission.org/

New features and changes in the 2024 edition
The following list provides a brief overview of the major changes in this year’s edition compared to the Best Specialized Hospitals Asia Pacific 2023 ranking:• New specialty fields introduced: Cardiac Surgery, Neurosurgery and Pulmonology.
• Increased number of award-winning hospitals in 3 specialties: From 50 to 75 in Orthopedics, and from 75 to 100 in Oncology and Pediatrics.

• Additional JCI certifications considered: Five new JCI certifications were added to the eight certifications already considered last year: AcuteIschemic Stroke, Childhood Asthma, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Type II, Low Back Pain.
• Statista PROMS Implementation survey : The PROMs implementation score has been included in the scoring model for hospitals who submittedand validated the optional Statista PROMS implementation survey during the last survey cycle in October to December 2023.

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A score was calculated for each hospitalA score was calculated for each hospital based on the scoring model

Reputation Score
International
recommendations
Primary1

WeightWeight70%

Certification Score

PROMs Score

Nationalrecommendations

Certifications

PROMs
Implementation
Survey35%

5%Secondary230%
56.5%

3.5%

O V E R A L L H O S P I TA L S CO R E
Primary recommendations from peers (medical and other health care professionals) account for 70% of the international recommendations score. Secondary
recommendations (from peers with knowledge in more than one medical field) have a weight of 30% towards the international recommendations score.

4(1) Recommendations from peers for primary medical field(2) Recommendations from peers for secondary medical fieldThousands of medical experts were invited to the survey
Methodology: Reputation score

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Hospital recommendation from peers
From February to April 2024, Newsweek and Statista invited health care professionals from the Asia-Pacific region to participate in online surveys that allowed themto recommend and assess various hospitals in nine medical fields.

International online survey among
health care professionals in the designatedcountries in the APAC region. Participantswere invited to an online survey incooperation with Newsweek.

Participants were asked to recommend hospitals in their own
field of expertise and were able to recommend hospitals in asecondary field. Participants were asked to recommend hospitals
in their own country as well as international. Recommendations
for own employer/hospital were not allowed.

R E P U TAT I O N S C O R E
5Analysis of primary and secondary
recommendations of the 9 medical fields. A
score was assigned to each hospital based on
the number of weighted recommendations.

Certifications were used as an additional element of the scoring model
Methodology: Certification score

2Certifications•

Several Joint Commission International (JCI1) certifications, relevant to specific medical fields, were included in the scoring analysis.

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The following JCI certifications were considered in this edition:• Acute Coronary Syndrome• Diabetes Mellitus2• Knee Replacement• Acute Ischemic Stroke2• Diabetes Type II2• Low Back Pain2• Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)• Heart Failure• Primary Stroke• Breast Cancer• Hip Replacement• Traumatic BrainInjury• Childhood Asthma2
Hospitals received 5% towards their total score if they had a JCI certification.

•C E R T I F I C AT I O N S C O R E
6(1)
(2)

Joint Commission International: https://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/who-we-are/accredited-organizations/#sort=%40aoname%20ascending
New JCI certifications considered in this edition

The optional Statista PROMs implementation survey collects data
directly from hospitals
Methodology: Statista PROMs implementation survey

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Statista PROMs implementation survey
For the first time, a PROMs implementation score has been included in the scoring model of the Best Specialized Hospitals Asia Pacific project.

• Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are defined as standardized, validated questionnaires completed by patients to measure their perception of theirfunctional well-being and quality of life.
• Survey cycle: In fall/winter of 2023, Newsweek and Statista conducted the voluntary PROMs implementation survey to determine the status quo of PROMs
implementation, audits and reporting of the data, and whether the PROMs data is used to optimize care process and support therapeutic decisions in real-time.
• This year, Statista has partnered with the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM, www.ichom.org) as a knowledge partner.
ICHOM is the world's leading non-profit organization dedicated to development of standardized measurement of patient-important outcomes (including PROMs) asa basis for driving value-based health care. ICHOM is contributing to the future development of the PROMs implementation survey, in a manner that can drive not
only measurement but use of the data from PROMs (and other patient-important outcomes) to advance value based healthcare.
• A grading system for the different questions was built to determine a PROMs implementation score for each participating hospital. Only hospitals which achieveda minimum of 50% (of the maximum 100% score) were eligible to be graded and received a maximum of up to 3.5% towards the total score.
• Future survey cycles will be announced on r.statista.com, newsweek.com and via e-mail to registered participants. Registrations can be submitted to:
hospitals@statista.com.

S C O R E F O R P R O M S I M P L E M E N TAT I O N
7The top hospitals in each medical field were awarded
Final ranking by medical field

Cardiology
Rank

Neurology
Hospital

City

CountryRank

HospitalCountry1

Asan Medical Center

Seoul

South Korea

1

The University of Tokyo Hospital

BunkyoJapan

2National Cerebral andCardiovascular Center

SuitaJapan

2

Asan Medical Center

Seoul

South Korea

3

The National Heart Centre Singapore(NHCS)

Singapore

Singapore

3

Juntendo University Hospital

BunkyoJapan

4Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul

South Korea

4

The Royal Melbourne Hospital –Parkville

Parkville

Australia

5Samsung Medical Center

Seoul

South Korea

5Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul

South Korea[…][…]LEADING HOSPITALS WERE AWARDED IN EACH SPECIALTY8City

Best Specialized Hospitals Asia Pacific partner network
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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 April 30, 2023 – April
30, 2024, 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 beused 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 afacility. The quality of hospitals that are not included in the rankings is not disputed.

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