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Quality indicators for hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:

Knee replacement (artificial knee joint), infection rate

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Schulthess Klinik, Zürich has the lowest risk-adjusted infection rate for knee replacement (0.0% hospital-acquired infections).
4 hospitals show significantly worse results for knee replacement (i.e. higher infection rates). The following 3 hospitals / clinics have even highly significantly worse results for knee replacement:

The highest infection rate observed in a hospital for knee replacement is 2.6%.

Related key figures: Knee Replacement Patient Number -- Reoperations

Best hospitals for knee replacement (artificial knee joint), infection rate

#1: Schulthess Klinik, Zürich
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
0,0%
#2: Merian Iselin Klinik, Basel
starstarstarstarstar  4.6
0,2%
#3: Clinica Ars Medica, SMN, Gravesano
starstarstarstarstar  2.2
0,6%
#4: Hirslanden Klinik St. Anna, Luzern
starstarstarstarstar  1.8
0,8%
#5: Spital Thun (Spital Thun-Simmental-Saanenland AG)
starstarstarstarstar  1.4
1,1%
#6: Klinik Permanence (Hirslanden Bern AG)
starstarstarstarstar  1.1
1,3%
#7: Clinique CIC Montreux, Clarens
starstarstarstarstar  0.9
1,5%
#8: Etablissements Hospitaliers du Nord Vaudois - eHnv (site Hôpital de Saint-Loupe), Pompaples
starstarstarstarstar  0.7
2,6%

Profile of the key figure knee replacement (artificial knee joint), 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).

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