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Quality indicators for hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:

Heart surgery (all interventions), infection rate

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Luzerner Kantonsspital, LUKS (Standort Kantonsspital Luzern) has the lowest risk-adjusted infection rate for heart surgery (1.0% hospital-acquired infections).Luzerner Kantonsspital, LUKS (Standort Kantonsspital Luzern) performed significantly better in heart surgery (i.e. lower infection rate).
2 hospitals show significantly worse results for heart surgery (i.e. higher infection rates). The Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ) has even highly significantly worse results for heart surgery. The highest infection rate observed in a hospital for heart surgery is 5.3%.

Best hospitals for heart surgery (all interventions), infection rate

#1: Luzerner Kantonsspital, LUKS (Standort Kantonsspital Luzern)
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1,0%
#2: Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève HUG (groupe)
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1,3%
#3: Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
1,5%
#4: Herz-­Neuro­-Zentrum Bodensee, Münsterlingen
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
2,0%
#5: Cardiocentro Ticino (CCT), Lugano
starstarstarstarstar  4.4
2,0%
#6: Hôpital du Valais - Centre hospitalier du centre du Valais - CHCVs (groupe), Sion
starstarstarstarstar  3.9
2,0%
#7: Universitätsspital Basel (USB)
starstarstarstarstar  3.3
2,3%
#8: Inselspital Bern (Teil der Insel Gruppe)
starstarstarstarstar  1.4
4,3%
#9: Universitätsspital Zürich (USZ)
starstarstarstarstar  0.7
5,3%

Profile of the key figure heart surgery (all interventions), infection rate

About the indicator «Infection rates»

Measured as the ratio of expected and observed numbers of infections after certain types of surgery.

Strengths:

Infections are risky and associated with more distress. A low infection rate is an indicator of good hygiene and a high quality treatment process. The infection rates are risk adjusted by Swissnoso using three additional measurements. This elaborate form of risk adjustment fulfills high scientific standards.

Limits:

Unfortunately, infection rates are not available for all interventions. It is not sure that results are transferable to similar interventions. Also, infection rates are only meaningful when a sufficient number of cases is reached. Especially with interventions with a low risk of infections the needed number of cases is very high and is only reached by large hospitals. For small hospitals it is often not possible to give a meaningful statement (while small case numbers are per se unfavorable, especially with complex interventions).

There are patient-ratings about this topic

Ratings from patients about this topic:

 unverified rating about the Kantonsspital Münsterlingen
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Insufficient information. Forced to leave the ICU in a very poor condition after heart surgery, only to be readmitted twice for emergencies. Absolutely unreasonable for the patient. Flat-rate billing says hello. 

About the surgery:
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Stents after a heart attack in a 92-year-old patient. Inadequate explanation as to whether the intervention is really necessary despite the living will. Patient died after unacceptable discharge and two re-admissions. During the dying process released again into the nursing home, absolutely inhumane. (surgeon: Dr. Nicht Bekannt)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Jul.2022, date of rating: 07.06.2023


The data on this page was last updated on December 3, 2024.