Partners near top in US News rankings

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Two Boston hospitals make US News & World Report's latest Best Hospitals rankings look a little like "Partners and Everyone Else," to borrow a phrase from former Globe business columnist Steve Bailey.

That's because Partners stalwarts Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital are the only ones in the state to crack the magazine's 19-member Honor Roll. The distinction signifies hospitals that scored at or near the top in at least six of the list's 16 specialties. Pediatrics will have its own ranking in the fall.

Not that other hospitals didn't perform well. Our medical mecca's reputation is still intact with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, McLean Hospital, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital all finishing in the top 10 of various specialties.

Here's how the rankings of 173 hospitals turned out, based on the three-legged stool of reputation, death rate, and care-related factors such as nursing and patient services.

Ear, Nose, & Throat
5 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
31 Massachusetts General Hospital
35 Brigham and Women's Hospital
48 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Urology
12 Massachusetts General Hospital
17 Brigham and Women's Hospital
22 Lahey Clinic
46 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Gastrointestinal Disorders
4 Massachusetts General Hospital
12 Brigham and Women's Hospital
16 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Cancer
5 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
7 Massachusetts General Hospital
25 Brigham and Women's Hospital
50 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Endocrinology
2 Massachusetts General Hospital
8 Brigham and Women's Hospital
13 Joslin Clinic and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Geriatric Care
4 Massachusetts General Hospital
9 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
22 Brigham and Women's Hospital
31 Boston Medical Center

Gynecology
1 Brigham and Women's Hospital
17 Massachusetts General Hospital
25 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Heart & Heart Surgery
4 Massachusetts General Hospital
5 Brigham and Women's Hospital
32 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Kidney Disease
1 Brigham and Women's Hospital
5 Massachusetts General Hospital
29 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
40 Tufts Medical Center

Neurology & Neurosurgery
3 Massachusetts General Hospital
21 Brigham and Women's Hospital

Orthopedics
4 Massachusetts General Hospital
14 Brigham and Women's Hospital
23 New England Baptist Hospital

Respiratory Disorders
4 Massachusetts General Hospital
14 Brigham and Women's Hospital
25 Boston Medical Center
39 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Ophthalmology
4 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Rehabilitation
7 Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Psychiatry
1 Massachusetts General Hospital
4 McLean Hospital
15 Austen Riggs Center

Rheumatology
6 Massachusetts General Hospital
7 Brigham and Women's Hospital
20 Boston Medical Center

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