Quality indicators for hospitals and clinics in Switzerland:
Breast cancer, patient number
Diagnosis- or intervention-specific patient numbers (case numbers) per hospital for breast cancer are available for 108 hospitals in the current data year. These hospitals attended 11'457 patients in total. On average, this results in 106 patients with breast cancer per hospital. 26 hospitals had less than 10 patients. The Lindenhof AG (group), Bern scored the highest case number (517 patients) in breast cancer.
Direct link to source not available in English - view it in German or in French (FOPH-code: G.4.1.F)
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Department: Acute care
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.
I have been a patient at Limmattalspital for over 40 years and have always been satisfied with the treatment.
My life was given to me twice! five years ago after breast cancer and this year after a reflux reoperation by Professor Zingg
About the surgery:
Reflux Reoperation Prof.Dr.Zingg Recommended! (surgeon: Dr. Urs Zingg)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Feb.2022, date of rating: 06.09.2022
Breast cancer; have been walking around for more than a year with a bloated stomach, a one-sided figure and an indefinable breast! Cancer has not been my problem for a long time, I didn't need chemo and radiation, but what you made of it! Feel like a cripple with no zest for life !!!! (surgeon: Dr. Florian Jung)
transl. from german, inpatient treatment in Apr.2020, date of rating: 25.04.2021