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Hospital - St. Joseph's Health Care System - Hamilton Category - Hospital procedures - Volume of procedures Select a different category   LEGEND: BLUE Better than the Ontario average for the selected year. WHITE Not different from the Ontario average for the selected year. RED Worse than the Ontario average for the selected year. - No data were available for this year. DEFINITIONS: Rank All institutions were ranked on each indicator based on their scores, where the highest rank of 1 corresponds to the highest score out of 100. Volume indicators were not ranked since they have threshold requirements. Score The score indicates how well a hospital performs on a given indicator, based on its risk adjusted rate where a score of 100 is the highest. Risk adjusted rate Measures the observed rate adjusted for differences in patients’ age, sex, and the presence of complications. Observed rate Measures the outcome of interest compared to population at risk. Ontario average/total This value is the risk adjusted average (Ontario average) or total (Ontario total) of an indicator across all acute care hospitals in Ontario. Esophageal resection surgery volume view methodology Numbers of procedures involving the surgical removal of the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, often due to esophageal cancer. Numbers above 6 are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score - View View View View View View View - - Observed - 6 23 9 8 14 17 15 - - Risk adjusted - - - - - - - - - - Ontario total 121 119 161 104 105 138 164 181 386 395 Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Pancreatic resection surgery volume view methodology Numbers of procedures involving the surgical removal of the pancreas in an attempt to cure pancreatic cancer. Numbers above 10 are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score - View - View - View View View - - Observed - 8 - 11 - 7 11 6 - - Risk adjusted - - - - - - - - - - Ontario total 146 141 145 179 178 174 174 210 284 316 Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Abdominal Aortic Artery (AAA) Repair volume view methodology Numbers of procedures to repair the major artery carrying blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. Numbers above 20 are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score View View View View View - - - - - Observed 38 35 31 14 20 - - - - - Risk adjusted - - - - - - - - - - Ontario total 1682 1649 1607 1528 1313 - - - - - Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) volume view methodology Numbers surgeries performed to allow blood to bypass a clogged artery. Numbers above 100 are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score - - - - - - - - - - Observed - - - - - - - - - - Risk adjusted - - - - - - - - - - Ontario total 8519 8751 9045 9225 9368 9164 9128 9378 9226 8712 Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty volume (PTCA) view methodology Number of procedures performed to open blockages in the arteries that carry blood to the heart. Numbers above 200 are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score - - - - - - - - - - Observed - - - - - - - - - - Risk adjusted - - - - - - - - - - Ontario total 5897 6956 7884 9724 11903 - 12874 14540 13638 13710 Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Carotid endarterectomy volume view methodology Number of procedures performed to remove blockages from arteries in the neck to reduce the chance of stroke and brain damage. Numbers above 50 are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score View View View View View View View View - - Observed 27 28 20 20 19 11 9 8 - - Risk adjusted - - - - - - - - - - Ontario total 1816 1849 1730 1683 1523 1219 1311 1315 1278 1304 Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario * Note: It is not possible to compare data from 1997-2001 with data from 2002-2005 because of the change in coding classification.

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