Quality-indicators of hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:

Colon surgery (tumor, cancer), patient number

Diagnosis- or intervention-specific patient numbers (case numbers) per hospital for colon surgery (tumor, cancer) are available for 123 hospitals in the current data year. These hospitals attended 8'687 patients in total. On average, this results in 71 patients with colon surgery per hospital. 29 hospitals had less than 10 patients. The Kantonsspital St. Gallen (site: St. Gallen) scored the highest case number (326 patients) in colon surgery.

Related key figures: Colon Surgery Infection Rate -- Mortality

The best hospitals with regard to colon surgery (tumor, cancer), patient number

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326 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
300 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
281 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
261 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
253 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
239 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
237 pat./year
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starstarstarstarstar  5.0
222 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
219 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
218 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
216 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
191 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
185 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
177 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
175 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
163 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
158 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
157 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
152 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
143 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
142 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
137 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
136 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
130 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
129 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
119 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
115 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
112 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.6
109 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.6
106 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.5
105 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.5
102 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.5
101 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.4
96 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.4
91 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.3
84 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.3
80 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.2
76 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.1
75 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.1
75 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.0
74 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.0
74 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.9
73 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.9
72 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.8
71 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.8
68 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.7
64 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.5
62 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.5
62 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.5
60 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.4
59 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.3
58 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.3
57 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.2
56 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.1
55 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.0
54 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.8
52 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.8
52 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.8
52 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.7
48 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.6
47 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.5
46 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.3
45 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.3
45 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.3
45 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.1
43 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.1
43 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.0
40 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.7
37 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.7
37 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.7
37 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.7
37 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.6
36 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.5
35 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.4
31 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.4
31 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.3
29 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.3
27 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.2
25 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.1
23 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.1
23 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.9
21 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.9
21 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.9
21 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.8
19 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.8
19 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.7
18 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.7
18 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.7
16 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.7
15 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.5
10 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.5
10 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.5
10 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.5
10 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.5
9 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.4
8 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.4
7 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.4
7 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
6 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
6 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
6 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
6 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
4 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
4 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year

Profile of the key figure colon surgery (tumor, cancer), patient number

About the indicator «Specific patient numbers»

Number of patients with a specific diagnosis or intervention (per calendar year).

Strengths:

High patient numbers with a specific diagnosis or intervention is a indicator for good knowledge and expertise. A hospital with high specific patient numbers has a lot of experience with different techniques of diagnosis and treatment (e.g. surgeries). Additionally, high specific patient numbers suggest that employees and technical equipment are up to date.

Limits:

Unfortunately, specific patient numbers are not available for all interventions. It is not sure that results are transferable to similar interventions. Also, the relationship between patient numbers and experience/competency is not linear. Especially with very high specific patient numbers the expertise and knowledge does not increase in equal measure.

There are patient-ratings about this topic

Ratings from patients about this topic:

 unverified rating about the Lindenhofspital, Bern
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Friendly and good care 

About the surgery:
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Colon cancer and metastases on liver operated and lymph glands and gallbladder removed. (surgeon: Dr. Stefan Birrer)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Oct.2022, date of rating: 25.03.2023

 unverified rating about the Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur
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About the surgery:
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colon surgery (surgeon: Ms. Dr. Ammann)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jan.2022, date of rating: 12.03.2022

 unverified rating about the Stadtspital Waid, Zürich
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Our father (86) had abdominal pain and severe diarrhea for several days. only blood tests were done. No x-ray or ultrasound! He was dismissed after a few hours. The GP found the cause and successfully treated the bowel inflammation with antibiotics. 
transl. from german, date of rating: 31.12.2019

 unverified rating about the Insel Gruppe, Bern
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About the surgery:
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Colon cancer surgery (surgeon: Dr. Peter Studer)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Oct.2018, date of rating: 28.07.2019


The data on this page was last updated on October 29, 2022.