ROCHESTER, Minn. – For the sixth year the Mayo Clinic in Rochester has topped the U.S. News & World Report ranking as the best hospital in the nation – and the 12th year as the best in Minnesota. The ranking assessed 15 specialties and 17 procedures and conditions. Overall the evaluation covered 5,000 hospitals. Other leaders:

> Cleveland Clinic.

> UCLA Medical Center

> Johns Hopkins.

> Massachusetts General.

> Mayo Clinic-Phoenix.

The Mayo evaluation includes data from Mayo Clinic Hospital-Methodist Campus, Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys Campus and Mayo Eugenio Litta Children’s Hospital.