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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Providence St. Patrick Hospital
Missoula, Montana
Name
Providence St. Patrick Hospital
Missoula, Montana
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Name
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Name
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Charlotte, North Carolina
Name
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Charlotte, North Carolina
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, Florida
Name
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, Florida
Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital, Sentara Surgery Specialists
Norfolk, Virginia
Name
Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital, Sentara Surgery Specialists
Norfolk, Virginia
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Sentara Mid-Atlantic Cardiovascular Surgeons
Norfolk, Virginia
Name
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Sentara Mid-Atlantic Cardiovascular Surgeons
Norfolk, Virginia
South Shore University Hospital - Thoracic Surgery
Bay Shore, New York
Name
South Shore University Hospital - Thoracic Surgery
Bay Shore, New York
Southwestern Surgery Associates
Tucson, Arizona
Name
Southwestern Surgery Associates
Tucson, Arizona
St. George Cardiovascular Surgery
Saint George, Utah
Name
St. George Cardiovascular Surgery
Saint George, Utah
St. Joseph's / Candler Medical Group - Cardiothoracic
Savannah, Georgia
Name
St. Joseph's / Candler Medical Group - Cardiothoracic
Savannah, Georgia
St. Joseph's / Candler Medical Group - Cardiothoracic
Savannah, Georgia
Name
St. Joseph's / Candler Medical Group - Cardiothoracic
Savannah, Georgia
St. Joseph's Hospital - Jonathan Waxman, MD
Tampa, Florida
Name
St. Joseph's Hospital - Jonathan Waxman, MD
Tampa, Florida
St. Luke's Cardiothoracic & Vascular Associates
Boise, Idaho
Name
St. Luke's Cardiothoracic & Vascular Associates
Boise, Idaho
St. Luke's Thoracic Surgical Associates
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Name
St. Luke's Thoracic Surgical Associates
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Stanford Healthcare, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Stanford, California
Name
Stanford Healthcare, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Stanford, California
Staten Island University Hospital - Thoracic Surgeons
Staten Island, New York
Name
Staten Island University Hospital - Thoracic Surgeons
Staten Island, New York
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
The George Washington University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia
Name
The George Washington University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, Texas
Name
The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
Plano, Texas
The University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, Kansas
Name
The University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, Kansas
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Name
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, New Jersey
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