I am researching pediatric (children's) medicine. I am seeking to
identify those hospitals that have the highest success (cure) rates
for CHILDREN'S cancer, major organ transplants, cardiac conditions and
neurosurgery. (likely to be a different hospital for each category or
sub-category).

Could you please identify a reliable approach (such as league tables
of published cure rates) to judge the performance of leading
international childrens hospitals (& pediatric departments in 'normal'
hospitals)?

p.s. I am aware of US News & World Report's Best American Hospitals. I
am seeking to compare hospitals in US & overseas, categorised into at
least the four critical areas mentioned above.

For the avoidance of doubt, I would be happy to have a greater degree
of analysis - i.e. hospital with highest number of successful
children's heart transplants = x, hospital with highest number of
successful children's liver transplants = y, etc.

For lists of accredited children?s hospitals and doctors check
medicalcountries.org, http://www.cmn.org/web/hospitals/hospitals.htm,
put in ?children?s hospitals? and ?international children?s hospitals?
in you search engine. Your library has a book, which lists medical
specialists in most specialty areas. Goggle?s question ID: 69025 in
Google?s Answers may be helpful to you.

Thank you for your comment.

I am seeking ways of comparing international children's and
departments based on 4 / 5 critical areas.

The links provided have lists / access to US and Canada based hospitals only.

Not had much luck with google searches - they may highlight children's
hospitals (mostly in US), but not a way of comparing them.

I'm looking for the world's best children's hospitals for major
life-threatening conditions - and a reliable way of supporting the
assessment (i.e. highest number of children's transplants in world,
peer review, etc).