10 Best Children's Hospitals

With advice from child-health experts, we sent children's hospitals (full members of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions) a comprehensive survey developed by Parents magazine. The 250-question survey asked the hospitals about their survival rates, number of complex procedures performed, research studies, staff qualifications, safeguards to prevent medical errors, and more. The hospitals returned the survey a few months later -- and Parents crunched the numbers and evaluated responses from more than 75 hospitals.

Out of a possible 1,500 points, the scores ranged from 563 to 1344. The range of scores among the top 10 hospitals was 1106 to 1344. In fact, the scores of the hospitals ranked 3 to 10 were very close, within about 50 points. These 10 hospitals emerged as the most outstanding for treating every condition you can think of -- and hundreds you've probably never heard of before. We've compiled a ton of information about their breakthrough procedures and new suggestions for keeping kids healthy. The result? This invaluable guide that you'll no doubt want to clip and save.