This database was last updated in July 2015 and is based on data from 2009 to 2013. It should only be used as a historical snapshot.

California

    Compare the performance of surgeons practicing at hospitals in this state, in one of the following procedures:

Prostate Removal

Radical prostatectomy (ICD-9-CM code 60.5)

The removal of the entire prostate gland via the open or laparoscopic or robotic method. Usually performed to treat prostate cancer. More information »

70California hospitals performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
9 (13%)have at least one surgeon with a low adjusted complication rate.
Alert stop2 50396a7919fcffb9b54ceb393a298dce637a556b013844b32d7e939e9458f99d5 (7%)have at least one surgeon with a high adjusted complication rate.

Sorted by the surgeon with the lowest adjusted rate of complications at each hospital, along with a measure representing the combined performance of surgeons and hospitals for these procedures.

Low
Medium
High Adjusted Rate of Complications
UCSF MEDICAL CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO
MERCY HOSPITAL, BAKERSFIELD
KECK HOSPITAL OF USC, LOS ANGELES
STANFORD HOSPITAL, STANFORD
EL CAMINO HOSPITAL, MOUNTAIN VIEW
SEQUOIA HOSPITAL, REDWOOD CITY
DOMINICAN HOSPITAL, SANTA CRUZ
DESERT VALLEY HOSPITAL, VICTORVILLE
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER, APPLE VALLEY
EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER, RANCHO MIRAGE
BARTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE