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.

New York

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

Gallbladder Removal, Laparoscopic

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ICD-9-CM code 51.23)

Minimally invasive gallbladder removal. This is performed most commonly when gallstones are blocking the flow of bile. More information »

59New York hospitals performed this procedure on Medicare patients.
7 (12%)have at least one surgeon with a low adjusted complication rate.
Alert stop2 50396a7919fcffb9b54ceb393a298dce637a556b013844b32d7e939e9458f99d2 (3%)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
ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL, BETHPAGE
HUNTINGTON HOSPITAL, HUNTINGTON
SOUTHAMPTON HOSPITAL, SOUTHAMPTON
ELLIS HOSPITAL, SCHENECTADY
KALEIDA HEALTH, BUFFALO
GLEN COVE HOSPITAL, GLEN COVE
CROUSE HOSPITAL, SYRACUSE
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER, ROCKVILLE CENTRE
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL, POUGHKEEPSIE
FOREST HILLS HOSPITAL, FOREST HILLS
ST CHARLES HOSPITAL, PORT JEFFERSON