General Thoracic Surgery Public Reporting

The STS General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD) contains information on surgical procedures submitted by participants—most often a hospital cardiothoracic surgery department or cardiothoracic surgery group at one or more hospitals; in some instances, a participant may be an individual surgeon.

STS publicly reports participant results for lobectomy for lung cancer and esophagectomy. STS Public Reporting is limited to participants in the US and Canada.

Lobectomy for lung cancer outcomes for GTSD participants are better than national averages. Thus, for the purposes of public reporting, STS believes it is appropriate to present a comparison of GTSD and national outcomes to demonstrate the high performance of GTSD participants.  

STS selected the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) as a comparator database to best represent national outcomes. Maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the NIS is the largest all-payer inpatient database available in the United States and represents a 20% stratified sample of all hospital discharges from nonfederal facilities. The NIS database includes approximately 8 million inpatient hospital discharge abstracts collected annually for patients of all ages and all sources of insurance. Each discharge record includes a weight that represents the relative proportion of the total US hospital patient population accounted for by that record. This dataset is broadly representative of individuals in the US population who were hospitalized during a given year and is the most generalizable data to represent national lung cancer resection outcomes. 

NOTE: Results are based on a participant’s unique group of patients (known as case mix) and the number of surgical procedures in each category. Results and star ratings published are specific to the participant listed and are not intended for direct comparison to other participants.

STS Public Reporting is voluntary, meaning that all participants listed on this website have allowed STS to publish their ratings. You can search for results by surgical procedure, group name, and/or location.

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University of Iowa Surgical Associates
Iowa City, Iowa
Name
University of Iowa Surgical Associates
Iowa City, Iowa
University of Colorado School of Medicine - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Denver, Colorado
Name
University of Colorado School of Medicine - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Denver, Colorado
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Name
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
University of Alabama Health System
Birmingham, Alabama
Name
University of Alabama Health System
Birmingham, Alabama
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Name
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
University Hospital and Clinics - UHealth Tower
Miami, Florida
Name
University Hospital and Clinics - UHealth Tower
Miami, Florida
University Heart Surgeons
Knoxville, Tennessee
Name
University Heart Surgeons
Knoxville, Tennessee
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts
Name
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts
UF Health Shands
Gainesville, Florida
Name
UF Health Shands
Gainesville, Florida
UCSF General Thoracic Surgery Registry
San Francisco, California
Name
UCSF General Thoracic Surgery Registry
San Francisco, California
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Santa Monica, California
Name
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
Santa Monica, California
UC San Diego Division Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery
San Diego, California
Name
UC San Diego Division Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery
San Diego, California
UC Davis Health - General Thoracic Surgery
Sacramento, California
Name
UC Davis Health - General Thoracic Surgery
Sacramento, California
Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
Pontiac, Michigan
Name
Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
Pontiac, Michigan
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Name
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Tidal Health Peninsula Regional Thoracic Surgery
Salisbury, Maryland
Name
Tidal Health Peninsula Regional Thoracic Surgery
Salisbury, Maryland
Thoracic Surgeons of Keck Hospital at USC
Los Angeles, California
Name
Thoracic Surgeons of Keck Hospital at USC
Los Angeles, California
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Name
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
Abington, Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Name
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, New Jersey
The University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, Kansas
Name
The University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, Kansas
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, Texas
Name
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, Texas
The George Washington University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia
Name
The George Washington University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia
Stony Brook University Hospital - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stony Brook, New York
Name
Stony Brook University Hospital - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stony Brook, New York