Leadership Practices, Organization Structure, and Other Factors Associated with Higher 2022-2023 US News and World Report Ranking.

ABSTRACT:

Background

U.S. News and World Report 2022-2023 hospital rankings were used to investigate the leadership practices and organizational structure of ranked healthcare institutions.

Methods

Institutional variables including physician leadership status, executive board size, number of physician board members, type of physician practice, health system size, and for-profit status were collected. US News and World Report scores were used to create a comprehensive institutional rank order list. Strength of association was evaluated between these variables and the organization's US News and World Report rank.

Results

Our analysis included 546 institutions representing 1676 hospitals. Leadership under a physician CEO (OR 1.59 (95% CI 1.27, 2.00) P < 0.001), group practice (OR

SUBMITTER: Sankisa D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12686240 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature