Universitätsspital Basel (USB) BS
Pros
University hospital with a large number of patients
Lots of data on the quality of the results
Cons
Significantly worse result in readmissions (relapses)
Significantly worse result in patient satisfaction hospital
2 significantly worse results with intervention-specific measurements
Total score from all 23 outcome-quality-indicators  
starstarstarstarstar  1.4
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
1.3%
starstarstarstarstar  4.2
2.1%
starstarstarstarstar  4.1
5.9%
starstarstarstarstar  3.7
3.4%
starstarstarstarstar  3.3
2.3%
starstarstarstarstar  3.2
22.7%
starstarstarstarstar  3.2
6.3%
starstarstarstarstar  2.6
4.1%
starstarstarstarstar  2.6
29.2%
starstarstarstarstar  2.6
19.4%
starstarstarstarstar  2.6
4.7%
starstarstarstarstar  1.9
starstarstarstarstar  1.8
n=730 
starstarstarstarstar  1.8
2.1%
starstarstarstarstar  1.6
3%
starstarstarstarstar  1.2
18.6%
starstarstarstarstar  1.1
3.6%
starstarstarstarstar  1.0
3.6%
starstarstarstarstar  0.8
6.4%
starstarstarstarstar  0.7
3.6%
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
4.9%
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
40.6%
starstarstarstarstar  0.1
11.3%

starstarstarstarstar  5.0
481
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
361
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
404
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'016
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'203
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
101
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'445
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
542
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
35
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
168
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
843
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
79
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
901
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
37'540
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
2'585
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
141
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
234
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
228
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
322
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
664
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'001
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
319
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
1'837
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
126
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
349
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
858
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
143
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
177
starstarstarstarstar  5.0
49
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
398
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
196
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
334
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
107
starstarstarstarstar  4.9
87
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
157
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
190
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
203
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
177
starstarstarstarstar  4.8
49
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
130
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
1,8 
starstarstarstarstar  4.7
301
starstarstarstarstar  4.2
starstarstarstarstar  4.2
31
starstarstarstarstar  3.6
22
starstarstarstarstar  3.5
71
starstarstarstarstar  3.5
172
starstarstarstarstar  2.8
3,2 
starstarstarstarstar  2.8
153
starstarstarstarstar  1.8
4
starstarstarstarstar  1.6
starstarstarstarstar  1.4
115
starstarstarstarstar  0.3
2


Profile of the hospital 

  • Type: University hospital
  • Emergency department: yes
  • Intensive care unit: yes
  • Special infrastructure: MRI, CT, PET, CC, LB, Angio, Dia
  • No of operating rooms: 29
  • No of delivery-rooms: 8 / C-section rate: 37% 
  • Rate of patients with supplementary insurance: 20%

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Ratings from patients / visitors about the Universitätsspital Basel:

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  1.9
16     /  9 

patient ratingsSource: Hospital Comparison Switzerland 5 5 patient ratings “very good” 0 0 patient ratings “good” 1 1 patient ratings “average” 1 1 patient ratings “unsatisfactory” 9 9 patient ratings “poor”

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I WAS IN UROLOGY. PROSTATE SURGERY. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION AND EXPLANATION VERY GOOD AND UNDERSTANDABLE THE DOCTORS WERE FRIENDLY AND COMPETENT. I WAS STAYED IN FOR TWO DAYS AND WAS TAKEN VERY GOOD AND FRIENDLY CARE. THERE WAS NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FOOD EVEN. 
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in Dec. 2024, date of rating: 17.12.2024

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date of rating: 10.12.2024

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Very moody nurses who are unfriendly and incompetent, and assistant doctors are also incompetent, 
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in Jul. 2024, date of rating: 21.11.2024

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Super competent and attentive 
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in May. 2024, date of rating: 11.05.2024

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My stay in this hospital was a complete disaster. Had to undergo emergency surgery due to a mistake made by a doctor The care on the 4th floor was very dubious 

About the surgery:
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The mistake was made by a doctor in the room. My colleague and a nurse were witnesses. She simply pulled the stitches one day after the operation. When only blood came out, she disappeared and I had another emergency operation that same evening. October 23, 2023
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in Oct. 2023, date of rating: 17.12.2023

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If you don't want to seek professional (dying) assistance, the alternative is a treatment at the University Hospital Basel. Please make sure you have enough money when using the services. This is a matter of course for the doctors present. Not to be outdone in terms of incompetence 

Universitätsspital Basel
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in Nov. 2023, date of rating: 20.11.2023

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The hand surgery department doesn't care about patient rights. As someone with half private insurance, I was supposed to have an operation performed by an assistant doctor. Disastrous educational discussion. Not recommendable. 
transl. from german, date of rating: 23.10.2023

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Incompetent doctor, discharged to the home without discharge report, she prescribed 3 liters (!) of oxygen for the home over the phone!! (Patient needs liters on prescription from pneumology!), Wrong diagnosis, home was not informed that the resident would be released and come back 
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in May. 2023, date of rating: 21.05.2023

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Very good support from the whole department and surgery team before and after the operation  

About the surgery:
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Coronary vessel disease - stent (surgeon: Dr. R. Twerenbold)
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in Nov. 2018, date of rating: 17.10.2020

 unverified rating
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The worst I ever had in 50 years and across many countries 
inpat. treatment in Feb. 2024, date of rating: 06.03.2024

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Emergency room, admitted with severe back pain, had to wait for more than an hour until got proper painkiller. All is very tidy and clean, but at some point someone has to take getting patients treated fast seriously.  
inpat. treatment in Aug. 2023, date of rating: 27.08.2023

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Hotel industry very disappointing! Food good presentation, taste like from the microwave ... Care Excellent! Medical care could be better 
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in Jun. 2023, date of rating: 12.07.2023

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It was a very pleasant stay. Doctors and nursing staff were very competent and friendly. Extremely helpful and courteous. 

About the surgery:
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Re-microdecompression L3/4 and microdecompression - S1L4 (surgeon: Dr. Stephan Schön)
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in Jul. 2022, date of rating: 10.07.2022

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This hospital is totally out of control. After my eight surgeries there so far, which have always involved complications, I know that many of these complications could have been prevented if the staff had taken their job seriously. Will never go there again. 

About the surgery:
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The operations themselves went ok, the entire procedure around the operation is primarily what this hospital has not mastered. The nursing staff in particular still has a lot of learning to do. I am very dissatisfied with their postoperative care.
transl. from german, date of rating: 16.02.2022

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Birth experience: Competent employees at all times and a feeling of security throughout. 
transl. from german, inpat. treatment in Feb. 2021, date of rating: 17.02.2021

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date of rating: 31.01.2020


The master data for this hospital was last updated on March 31, 2024. You can find the period of origin of the quality data in the respective documentation on our portal.