Patient picks.

These are the top acute-care hospitals in the state with 50 or more beds based on the percentage of patients who would recommend the hospital to others, as of December 2016. The ranking is based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, a survey completed by adult hospital patients between 48 hours and six weeks after discharge. The North Carolina average is 71%, while the national average is 72%.

RANK HOSPITAL CITY % 1 DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DURHAM 85 2 FIRSTHEALTH MOORE REGIONAL HOSPITAL PINEHURST 84 3 MISSION HOSPITAL ASHEVILLE 83 UNC HOSPITALS CHAPEL HILL 83 5 NEW HANOVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WILMINGTON 82 6 CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM KINGS MOUNTAIN KINGS MOUNTAIN 81 PARK RIDGE HEALTH HENDERSONVILLE 81 UNC REX HEALTHCARE RALEIGH 81 WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER WINSTON-SALEM 81 10 CAROLINAS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM PINEVILLE PINEVILLE 80 CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER HICKORY 80 12...