Quality-indicators of hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:

Radioiodine treatment (cancer, tumor, struma or Morbus Basedow), patient number

Diagnosis- or intervention-specific patient numbers (case numbers) per hospital for radioiodine treatment (cancer, tumor, struma or Morbus Basedow) are available for 17 hospitals in the current data year. These hospitals attended 975 patients in total. On average, this results in 57 patients with radioiodine treatment per hospital. The Universitätsspital Basel (USB) scored the highest case number (141 patients) in radioiodine treatment.

The best hospitals with regard to radioiodine treatment (cancer, tumor, struma or Morbus Basedow), patient number

starstarstarstarstar  5.0
141 pat./year
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114 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
111 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
89 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.6
83 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  4.2
63 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.7
56 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  3.2
55 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  2.6
47 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.9
40 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  1.4
39 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.9
33 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.5
32 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
23 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.2
18 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
17 pat./year
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
14 pat./year

Profile of the key figure radioiodine treatment (cancer, tumor, struma or Morbus Basedow), 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 Spital Limmattal, Schlieren
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Advice on whether thyroid surgery is necessary was very good. 
transl. from german, date of rating: 24.03.2024

 verified rating about the Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
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Competent, empathetic and extremely friendly care from the doctor and nursing staff. 

About the surgery:
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Thyroid surgery (hemithyroidectomy) (surgeon: Dr. Paul Magnus Schneider)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jan.2024, date of rating: 29.01.2024

 verified rating about the Kantonsspital Winterthur
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The staff was friendly across the board. I was taken seriously, given good advice and treated very well. 

About the surgery:
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Removal of the thyroid. Passed without problems, quick recovery. (surgeon: Dr. Hans Gelpke)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Feb.2023, date of rating: 17.02.2023

 verified rating about the Kantonsspital St. Gallen
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My experience with this hospital was very good. Competent and extremely friendly staff. Nursing staff and doctor were extremely competent. 

About the surgery:
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removal parathyroid adenoma; Surgery and pre- and post-treatment were very good. (surgeon: Dr. Thomas Clerici)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in May.2022, date of rating: 17.11.2022

 verified rating about the Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
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Very good service, med. care, food. 

About the surgery:
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Hyperthyroidism operated on with minimally invasive radiofrequency therapy. Trouble-free course. Very professional process. (surgeon: Dr. Lorant Szabo)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Apr.2022, date of rating: 08.04.2022

 verified rating about the Kantonsspital Münsterlingen
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Calm, clear explanations to the patient. Great aftercare. 

About the surgery:
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Thyroid removal and aftercare with nuclear medicine (surgeon: Dr. Renzulli)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Apr.2020, date of rating: 23.12.2021

 verified rating about the Ergolz­-Klinik, Liestal
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Was successfully operated on the thyroid gland in July 2021 by Prof. Dr. Tibor Somlo. I'm very satisfied, also with the hospital stay at Ergolz Klinik Liestal. This is the best hospital stay I've ever had. Everything perfect. Would just go to this clinic. Many thanks to the whole team 

About the surgery:
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Thyroid surgery successfully everything went smoothly. very pleasant clinic stay, good care (surgeon: Dr. Tibor Somlo)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jul.2021, date of rating: 14.07.2021

 verified rating about the Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich
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Although it is a huge clinic, you feel that you are in good hands. You are not a number but a patient who is being addressed. All are well informed. Great hospital, hotel standard. Despite the huge amount, the food was good! 

About the surgery:
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Removal of the thyroid gland on the left, after two days on the right. Since there was a risk that the node is cancerous on the left, I would have liked to have both removed in one operation. (surgeon: Dr. Markus Weber)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jun.2018, date of rating: 16.12.2020

 unverified rating about the Spital Uster
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Friendly, competent, close 

About the surgery:
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thyroid (surgeon: Dr. Vital Schreiber)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Mar.2021, date of rating: 23.03.2021

 unverified rating about the Spital Zollikerberg
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Had to have my thyroid removed via surgery. The surgeon carried out the complicated procedure successfully and was very personable and competent at all times. The nursing staff and all the specialists involved were always friendly, helpful and competent. Highly recommended! 

About the surgery:
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Complete removal of the thyroid gland with surgery problem-free process, quick recovery and very satisfied with the result (surgeon: Dr. Stephan Müller)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Dec.2020, date of rating: 19.12.2020

 unverified rating about the Klinik Pyramide am See, Zürich
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Small and individual, where the doctors and nurses have time for the patients and look after them. Excellent anesthesia! I was completely satisfied, it couldn't have been better. 

About the surgery:
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Thyroid cyst operated, everything went perfectly, after 48 hours I was able to go home . (surgeon: Dr. Claudio Redaelli)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Nov.2020, date of rating: 03.12.2020


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