For the ninth consecutive year, the National Research Corporation has named UC Davis Medical Center as one of the nation's top hospitals in its list of 2007-08 Consumer Choice Award winners. UCSF Medical Center also was a winner.

The award identifies hospitals that health-care consumers have chosen as having the highest quality and image in more than 190 markets throughout the United States. This is the 12th year that National Research Corporation has awarded hospitals whose consumers have recognized them for providing quality health-care services, and the ninth year UC Davis has been an award winner.

Winners are determined by consumer perceptions on multiple quality and image ratings collected in the annual NRC Healthcare Market Guide study. Of the hospitals named by consumers in the study, the winning facilities rank highest in their Metropolitan Statistical Areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2007-08 Healthcare Market Guide study surveyed more than 200,000 households representing 450,000 consumers in the United States.

UC Davis Medical Center was voted as having the Sacramento region's highest overall quality and image.