Lung Cancer Surgery California.

Lung Cancer Surgery (Complete Lung Lobectomy) at Individual Hospitals in California 1998.

The State of California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development has calculated the volume of lung cancer surgery done by individual hospitals in California in 1998. We have included the Office's lung cancer hospital information on this site.

The data shows the following:

25% of the cases were performed at a hospital which did 2 inpatient case in 1998.
50% of the cases were performed at a hospital which did 5 or fewer inpatient cases in 1998.
75% of the cases were performed at a hospital which did 14 or fewer inpatient cases in 1998.
The maximum number of cases done at an individual hospital in 1998 was 79.

This information is being provided as a matter of general interest. We have not independently verified this information and make no representations about it. The information is based on 1998 hospital inpatient data and may not be indicative of a hospital's current volume of lung cancer surgery.

You can examine the lung cancer information sorted by hospital, by region or by volume of lung cancer surgery.

Lung Cancer Surgery Sorted by Hospital Name.

Lung Cancer Surgery Sorted by Hospital City.

Lung Cancer Surgery Sorted by Hospital Volume of Lung Cancer Surgery.

Click on the following link to see information on research which has found a correlation between hospital volume of lung cancer surgery and patient outcomes.

Click on the following link to see our Methodology.