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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Excela Health Thoracic Surgery
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
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Excela Health Thoracic Surgery
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Geisinger Community Medical Center
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Name
Geisinger Community Medical Center
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, Pennsylvania
Name
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, Pennsylvania
Geisinger Wyoming Valley
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Name
Geisinger Wyoming Valley
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
HCA Florida Thoracic Surgery
Trinity, Florida
Name
HCA Florida Thoracic Surgery
Trinity, Florida
HealthPark Medical Center
Fort Myers, Florida
Name
HealthPark Medical Center
Fort Myers, Florida
HFH Thoracic Surgery
Detroit, Michigan
Name
HFH Thoracic Surgery
Detroit, Michigan
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Name
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas
Name
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas
HUMG Thoracic Surgery
Hackensack, New Jersey
Name
HUMG Thoracic Surgery
Hackensack, New Jersey
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, Indiana
Name
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, Indiana
Inova Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
Falls Church, Virginia
Name
Inova Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
Falls Church, Virginia
Johns Hopkins Division of Thoracic Surgery
Baltimore, Maryland
Name
Johns Hopkins Division of Thoracic Surgery
Baltimore, Maryland
Johns Hopkins Division of Thoracic Surgery
Washington, District of Columbia
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Oakland, California
Name
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Oakland, California
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
Clackamas, Oregon
Name
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
Clackamas, Oregon
Lancaster General Health Physicians of Thoracic Surgery
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Name
Lancaster General Health Physicians of Thoracic Surgery
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Name
Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Lenox Hill Hospital Surgical Associates
New York, New York
Name
Lenox Hill Hospital Surgical Associates
New York, New York
Loma Linda University Cardiac and Thoracic Center
Loma Linda, California
Name
Loma Linda University Cardiac and Thoracic Center
Loma Linda, California
Long Island Jewish Medical Center - Thoracic Surgery
New Hyde Park, New York
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Long Island Jewish Medical Center - Thoracic Surgery
New Hyde Park, New York
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois
Name
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois