Quality-indicators of hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:

Cardiac catheterization (heart cath, PCI, balloon, stent), patient number

Diagnosis- or intervention-specific patient numbers (case numbers) per hospital for cardiac catheterization (heart cath, PCI, balloon, stent) are available for 108 hospitals in the current data year. These hospitals attended 34'347 patients in total. On average, this results in 318 patients with cardiac catheterization per hospital. 47 hospitals had less than 10 patients. The Inselspital Bern (part of Insel group) scored the highest case number (3'291 patients) in cardiac catheterization.

Related key figures: Heart Cath Mortality

The best hospitals with regard to cardiac catheterization (heart cath, PCI, balloon, stent), patient number

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3'291 pat./year
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2'227 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
2'106 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'990 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'973 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'721 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'667 pat./year
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starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'352 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'195 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'194 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'173 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'155 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'059 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
985 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
852 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
807 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
803 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
766 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
715 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
657 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
637 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
621 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
621 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
487 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
442 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
413 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.6
401 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.6
398 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.6
360 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.5
354 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.5
242 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.4
194 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.4
142 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.3
141 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.3
99 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.2
88 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.2
81 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.0
55 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.0
53 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.9
52 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.8
51 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.7
49 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.7
47 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.6
44 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.5
41 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.4
38 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.3
35 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.3
33 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.2
32 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.1
29 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.0
28 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.9
22 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.7
20 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.7
20 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.6
19 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.5
18 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.5
18 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.4
17 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.3
13 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.2
12 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.1
10 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.8
9 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.8
9 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.7
8 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.7
8 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.2
7 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.2
7 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.2
7 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.2
7 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.2
7 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.2
7 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.1
6 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.6
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.6
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.6
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.6
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.6
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.6
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.6
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.6
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.6
5 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.5
4 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.5
4 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
3 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
2 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
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
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
1 pat./year

Profile of the key figure cardiac catheterization (heart cath, PCI, balloon, stent), 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:

 verified rating about the Universitätsspital Basel
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The staff is very friendly. Good care. 

About the surgery:
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Cardiac catheterization after a myocardial infarction, Stent.

Universitätsspital Basel
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jun.2019, date of rating: 06.06.2019

 verified rating about the UniversitätsSpital Zürich
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Very positively I rate my experience with the nursing staff on the ward, the hotellery, the infrastructure of the room, the food. By contrast, the operation was unpleasant (see below). I felt treated like a piece of meat. The nursing staff in the theater, however, was friendly! 

About the surgery:
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Cardiac catheter examination. Announced doctor was not present. No preliminary talk. Operation by "apprentice" without prior agreement. This one however appeared competent despite noticeable nervousness. Responsible doctor did NOT introduce himself! He wore no hood and nose was free despite the mask (surgeon: Dr. vermutlichFranzose Hatsichnichtvorgestellt)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jan.2019, date of rating: 01.02.2019

 verified rating about the Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
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I felt safe and well-kept at all times. And this even though in the meantime I already have 12 stents in my heart. 

About the surgery:
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Heart catheter surgery with stents (surgeon: Dr. Ivan Reho)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in May.2015, date of rating: 16.08.2017

 verified rating about the Klinik im Park, Zürich
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Dr. Levis is an excellent cardiologist. 

About the surgery:
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heart catheter (surgeon: Dr. Pierre Levis)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Feb.2016, date of rating: 18.02.2016

 unverified rating about the Kantonsspital Winterthur
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Friendly, competent staff. everything was well explained to me. The only annoying thing was that they wanted to send me home at 11 pm after the procedure. 

About the surgery:
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Cardiac catheter examination, stent installation (surgeon: Dr. Klaus Weber)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jul.2015, date of rating: 11.02.2018


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