U.S. News & World Report Ophthalmology Hospital Rankings and Research Productivity
Introduction Despite the wide usage of U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) rankings of ophthalmology hospitals among the public, residency applicants, and ophthalmologists, there is disagreement in the literature on the role of quality of care, research productivity, and other factors in the ra...
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| description | Introduction Despite the wide usage of U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) rankings of ophthalmology hospitals among the public, residency applicants, and ophthalmologists, there is disagreement in the literature on the role of quality of care, research productivity, and other factors in the ranking system. This study investigated the association of U.S. News ranking of ophthalmology hospitals and objective measures of research productivity.
Methods The 2020 U.S. News “Best Hospitals for Ophthalmology” ranking lists 38 hospitals by reputation score and numerically ranks the top 12 institutions. For our analysis, top 12 hospitals were classified as group A and the remaining 26 as group B. The Clinicaltrials.gov, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER), and NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) were systematically searched for total clinical trials, NIH funding, and the National Eye Institute (NEI) funding for fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019. Faculty size and the number of publications by ophthalmology faculty per hospital were recorded from a previous study in 2016.
Results Independent measures of research productivity significantly associated with group A status after multivariate logistic regression analysis were mean faculty Hirsch's index (h-index) over 15 (odds ratio [OR]: 6.13, 95% confidence interval [CI]: [1.14–32.94]) and conducting five or more total clinical trials (OR: 8.77, 95% CI: [1.39–55.16]).
Conclusion This study suggests that the reputation-based U.S. News ranking may serve as a proxy for an ophthalmology department's contribution to research measured by mean faculty h-index and number of clinical trials. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a52291b15dd4cf4ae79c6786217568a2022-12-21T22:30:27ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Journal of Academic Ophthalmology2475-47572021-01-011301e46e5010.1055/s-0040-1722743U.S. News & World Report Ophthalmology Hospital Rankings and Research ProductivityJohn C. Lin0Allison J. Chen1Ingrid U. Scott2Paul B. Greenberg3Program in Liberal Medical Education, Brown University, Providence, Rhode IslandShiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CaliforniaDepartments of Ophthalmology and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PennsylvaniaSection of Ophthalmology, Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode IslandIntroduction Despite the wide usage of U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) rankings of ophthalmology hospitals among the public, residency applicants, and ophthalmologists, there is disagreement in the literature on the role of quality of care, research productivity, and other factors in the ranking system. This study investigated the association of U.S. News ranking of ophthalmology hospitals and objective measures of research productivity. Methods The 2020 U.S. News “Best Hospitals for Ophthalmology” ranking lists 38 hospitals by reputation score and numerically ranks the top 12 institutions. For our analysis, top 12 hospitals were classified as group A and the remaining 26 as group B. The Clinicaltrials.gov, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (RePORTER), and NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) were systematically searched for total clinical trials, NIH funding, and the National Eye Institute (NEI) funding for fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019. Faculty size and the number of publications by ophthalmology faculty per hospital were recorded from a previous study in 2016. Results Independent measures of research productivity significantly associated with group A status after multivariate logistic regression analysis were mean faculty Hirsch's index (h-index) over 15 (odds ratio [OR]: 6.13, 95% confidence interval [CI]: [1.14–32.94]) and conducting five or more total clinical trials (OR: 8.77, 95% CI: [1.39–55.16]). Conclusion This study suggests that the reputation-based U.S. News ranking may serve as a proxy for an ophthalmology department's contribution to research measured by mean faculty h-index and number of clinical trials.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1722743u.s. newsophthalmologyacademic rankingresearch productivity |
| spellingShingle | John C. Lin Allison J. Chen Ingrid U. Scott Paul B. Greenberg U.S. News & World Report Ophthalmology Hospital Rankings and Research Productivity Journal of Academic Ophthalmology u.s. news ophthalmology academic ranking research productivity |
| title | U.S. News & World Report Ophthalmology Hospital Rankings and Research Productivity |
| title_full | U.S. News & World Report Ophthalmology Hospital Rankings and Research Productivity |
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| title_short | U.S. News & World Report Ophthalmology Hospital Rankings and Research Productivity |
| title_sort | u s news world report ophthalmology hospital rankings and research productivity |
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