HOSPITAL GRADING
Every hospital in China is officially rated by the National Health Commission. "Grade A tertiary" — 三甲 — is the top of that scale, and the only tier GoCNMed lists.
Hospitals get a "grade" for scale (1–3) and a "rank" for quality (甲/乙/丙). 三甲 = biggest scale + top quality score.
Community-level health centers serving local daily care.
County/district hospitals handling common inpatient care.
Regional and national referral hospitals — complex cases, rare diseases, research.
The quality score awarded after on-site review across the dimensions below.
No foreign ranking maps one-to-one onto China's system, but these are the right mental anchors.
Academic medical centers
University-affiliated hospitals in the Mayo Clinic / Cleveland Clinic class — most 三甲 hospitals are teaching hospitals of medical universities.
NHS teaching hospitals & specialist trusts
Large specialist trusts (e.g. Christie, Great Ormond Street class) — the referral layer above district general hospitals.
CHU (centres hospitalo-universitaires)
University hospital centers that combine care, research and teaching — the same triple mandate as 三甲.
Listing only Grade A tertiary hospitals keeps the directory useful: every entry you see has passed the same national review for scale, technology and safety. It also keeps GoCNMed neutral — we present public information and rankings, never paid placement or endorsement.
