{"id":466727,"date":"2026-09-17T12:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466727\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:12:15","slug":"uc-davis-childrens-hospital-ranks-among-californias-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466727\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Davis Children\u2019s Hospital ranks among California\u2019s best"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. News & World Report is out with its latest rankings of the best children\u2019s hospitals<\/a> in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Ninety children\u2019s hospitals made the list for at least one of the 11 pediatric specialties evaluated by U.S. News analysts. Eleven hospitals that excelled in children\u2019s care in all specialties received a special distinction.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what the 2026-2027 report showed.<\/p>\n

Ranking methodology<\/p>\n

For the rankings, U.S. News analyzed data from more than 100 children\u2019s hospitals around the nation, assessing freestanding children\u2019s hospitals, pediatric services within hospitals, as well as children\u2019s hospitals focusing on particular medical specialties.<\/p>\n

The organization also surveyed 40,000 medical professionals on the subject of the best pediatric hospitals in their fields.<\/p>\n

On the final list, 90 hospitals across the nation are recognized by U.S. News as offering exceptional pediatric care. U.S. News also ranked the hospitals in their performance in 11 medical specialties:<\/p>\n

Pediatric and adolescent behavioral healthCancerCardiology and heart surgeryDiabetes and endocrinologyGastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgeryNeonatologyNephrologyNeurology and neurosurgeryOrthopedicsPulmonology and lung surgeryUrologyHospital honor roll includes \u2018high performing\u2019 hospital in California<\/p>\n

U.S. News included an Honor Roll<\/a> of the best children\u2019s hospitals in the nation. Eleven hospitals across 8 states and Washington D.C. made the Honor Roll for providing \u201chigh-performing, multi-specialty pediatric care,\u201d according to the report. They earned the distinction by being highly ranked in numerous specialties.<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles is the only California hospital on the Honor Roll of best of the best. It ranked as the top children\u2019s hospital in the state. It also tied for No. 1 in the Pacific region out of seven multi-state regions.<\/p>\n

The states with the most well-performing children\u2019s hospitals on the list are New York at 10, followed by California and Florida with 9 each.<\/p>\n

Broken down by region, and then by state, California children\u2019s hospitals recognized by U.S. News as the best in the nation are:<\/p>\n

Sacramento has top children\u2019s hospital<\/p>\n

Sacramento is represented with UC Davis Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

UC Davis Children\u2019s Hospital, 4301 X St., is one of the university\u2019s several care centers.<\/p>\n

The hospital also landed within the top 50 nationwide in three medical specialty categories. U.S. News ranked it as 42nd in the nation for neonatology (care of newborn and premature infants), 21st in nephrology (kidney care and treatment), and 36th in orthopedics in partnership with Shriners Children\u2019s Northern California.<\/p>\n

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\n \"Profile
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Anne Ewbank<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

Anne Ewbank is a service journalist and food reporter for The Sacramento Bee. Previously, she worked as a writer and editor for the New York-based travel website Atlas Obscura, where she covered food and culture. A California native, she is a graduate of Occidental College and Yale University.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. News & World Report is out with its latest rankings of the best children\u2019s hospitals in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-466727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}