Advocate Good Samaritan Among Best Hospitals For Maternity Care

Downers Grove IL

07 December, 2021

10:50 PM

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DOWNERS GROVE, IL — For parents-to-be, bringing a little one into the world can be stressful. Knowing you will give birth at one of the best hospitals in Illinois can make all the difference when it comes to easing a parent's fears. That's why U.S. News & World Report this week released its inaugural list of Best Hospitals For Maternity. The list recognizes 237 hospitals across the United States that are high-performing when it comes to maternity care.Fifteen Illinois hospitals made the 2021 "high performing" list out of 24 that participated: Alton Memorial Hospital, AltonAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, ChicagoRush Copley Medical Center, AuroraAdvocate Good Shepherd Hospital, BarringtonAdvocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park RidgeNorthwestern Memorial Hospital, ChicagoAdvocate Trinity Hospital, ChicagoNorthwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalbAdvocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers GroveAdvocate Sherman Hospital, ElginElmhurst Hospital, ElmhurstNorthwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, Lake ForestAdvocate Condell Medical Center, LibertyvilleEdward Hospital, NapervilleAdvocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn The other Illinois hospitals that participated but were not ranked as high performing are: Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, WinfieldUniversity of Illinois Hospital, ChicagoRush University Medical Center, ChicagoNorthwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, Palos HeightsNorthwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, GenevaAdvocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel CrestSilver Cross Hospital, New LenoxNorthwestern Medicine-McHenry, Huntley, Woodstock HospitalsNorthwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital, Sandwich Illinois and New Jersey shared the spot for having the second-highest number of highly rated hospitals, with 15 each. California took the top spot, with 33. To determine the Best Hospitals for Maternity, U.S. News evaluated 2019 data submitted by hospitals relating only to uncomplicated pregnancies. Data on high-risk pregnancies was not considered. U.S. News looked at five different factors: scheduled early deliveries, C-section rates in low-risk women, newborn complications, rate of exclusive breast milk feeding, and option for vaginal births after a C-section. U.S. News analyzed data from a total of 2,700 hospitals. Hospitals that performed well had fewer newborn complications, fewer early deliveries and fewer C-sections compared with other hospitals across the nation.More on the methodology is available on U.S. News' website. The full list of 2021 Best Hospitals for Maternity is also available online.