Status of China’s hospital rankings and its impact on hospital discipline construction

Objective Through combing and analyzing the existing hospital rankings in China, comparing the similarities, differences and problems of existing rankings, to improve the hospital's understanding of the ranking work, and provide reference for hospital discipline construction and development. Methods To comprehensively review and compare the major ranking of hospitals in China, such as " China's Hospital Rankings" , " China's Hospitals · Competitiveness Rankings" , " Ranking of the Best Clinical Subjects in China" , " China Hospitals' Science and Technology Evaluation Metrics" and " Beijing Medical Service and Key Specialist Evaluation" , and to analyze from the angle of the background, characteristics, evaluation methods, evaluation dimension and so on. Results At present, the hospital rankings have their own characteristics, each with its own focus, but there is still poor accessibility of clinical data, and the evaluation index of patients' medical experience and educational work are not perfect. Conclusions The hospital ranking list is a third-party evaluation tool to promote the construction of hospital disciplines effectively. It is recommended that all relevant organizations or departments further improve the construction of the ranking system, build big data platforms for hospital evaluation, improve the data accessibility of clinical medical quality and safety indicators, build scientific and objective dynamic evaluation systems, and carry out multi-level, multi-dimensional and continuous hospital ranking work. Key words: Hospital ranking; Discipline construction; Discipline evaluation; Hospital evaluation