Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University Hospital earned top spot for the 16th consecutive year as "Best of the Best" in the U.S. News & World Report annual survey of American hospitals.

Hopkins placed first in five of 16 ranked medical specialties, according to the survey, to appear on newsstands Monday. The survey ranks the top hospitals nationally based on reputation, mortality rates and other care-related factors.

Rounding out the top 10 were:

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Cleveland Clinic
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York City
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle

Source: http://health.msn.com/centers

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