When it comes time to give birth, how do you decide where you will deliver your baby? U.S. News & World Report released its Best Hospitals for Maternity Care list for 2023-2024, and 20 hospitals in New Jersey are ranked as High Performing.
Best Hospitals for Maternity Care is an annual evaluation of hospitals from across the country that provides labor and delivery services. The methodology is based entirely on objective measures of quality, such as C-section rates in lower-risk pregnancies, newborn complication rates, exclusive breast milk feeding rates, early elective delivery rates, birthing-friendly practices and transparency on racial/ethnic disparities, among other measures.
There were 680 hospitals analyzed this year, and fewer than half that provide maternity care and participated in the survey received a High Performing designation.
“These hospitals have C-section rates that are 26% lower, and newborn complication rates that are 37% lower, than unrecognized hospitals,” said Jennifer Winston, health data scientist at U.S. News. “Parents-to-be can research their local hospitals’ performance metrics for free at health.usnews.com to help them choose where to have their baby.”
New Jersey’s Best Hospitals for Maternity Care – with a High Performing designation – for 2023-2024:
Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell
Cooper University Health Care in Camden
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston
Englewood Hospital in Englewood
Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack
Jefferson Health-Stratford in Cherry Hill and Washington Twp.
Monmouth Medical Center in West Long Branch
Morristown Medical Center in Morristown
Ocean University Medical Center in Brick Twp.
Old Bridge Medical Center, Old Bridge
Overlook Medical Center in Summit
Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen
Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy
Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerset
Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital in Mount Holly
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden
Virtua Voorhees Hospital in Voorhees
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