THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas Hospital (USTH) ranked 28th out of 33 Philippine institutions in Newsweek’s World’s Best Hospitals 2026, which assessed the quality of medical centers within each country.
USTH obtained a score of 71.35%, the sixth lowest among the medical institutions covered by the assessment conducted by New York-based media outlet Newsweek and global data firm Statista.
The organizers noted that scores are only comparable within country-specific lists, as hospital quality metrics and patient data sources differ across nations.
Leading the Philippine list was St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City with a score of 89.06%, followed by Makati Medical Center (88.46%), Asian Hospital and Medical Center (86.51%), St. Luke’s Medical Center – Quezon City (86.14%) and The Medical City (85.74%).
Hospitals were assessed using four indicators: hospital quality metrics (40%), hospital recommendations from peers (30% national and 5% international), patient experience (18.5%) and the patient-reported outcome measures implementation survey (6.5%).
The surveys used standardized questionnaires filled out by patients to measure their perception of their functional well-being and quality of life following treatment.
Also among the top 10 local hospitals are University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital ( 85.32%), Manila Doctors Hospital (85.20%), Cebu Doctors University Hospital (81.01%), Cardinal Santos Medical Center (79.22%) and Chong Hua Hospital (76.09%)
Within the 11 to 20 range were: Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center, ManilaMed – Medical Center Manila, Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center, Davao Doctors Hospital, The Medical City Clark, Calamba Medical Center, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, Cagayan Valley Medical Center and De La Salle University Medical Center.
The following medical institutions also outranked USTH: Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (21st) , Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (22nd), Mary Chiles General Hospital (23rd), Quezon City General Hospital (24th), Santa Ana Hospital (25th), Tondo Medical Center (26th) and Adventist Medical Center Manila (27th)
USTH outperformed Southern Philippines Medical Center, Adventist Medical Center – Valencia City, Capitol Medical Center, Lorma Medical Center and Westlake Medical Center.
A total of 35 Philippine medical centers were included in the country’s debut. Two specialty hospitals—the Philippine Children’s Medical Center-Pediatrics and the Philippine Heart Center-Cardiology—were listed without a numerical rank because they differ in scope from the general hospitals.
More than 2,500 hospitals across 32 countries worldwide were assessed for the 2026 edition.
Newsweek selected the countries based on indicators such as population size, hospital density, life expectancy and the availability of national health data.
Only two local hospitals made it to the global top 250 institutions, with St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City and Makati Medical Center ranking 209th and 232nd, respectively.
The United States had the highest number of ranked hospitals at 420, led by The Mayo Clinic – Rochester, which obtained a score of 96.28%. Mayo Clinic also ranked first worldwide for the eighth consecutive year since the assessment was launched in 2019.
The results reflect data gathered for the 2025 calendar year. F
