The esophagus is the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach. It sometimes has to be removed, usually due to cancer. This procedure is rarely done, and few hospitals do even one such operation in a year. Caution should be used in comparing hospital performance based on these rates.
Instructions on interpreting this graph .

State total in cases—18
Threshold—This indicator has substantial published evidence suggesting that providers performing more than 6 procedures have better patient outcomes.

Technical information on the relationship between the indicator and quality of health care service—Go to the AHRQ detailed evidence on Esophageal Resection Volume HTML.

GREEN BAR — Hospitals which have met these minimum thresholds and generally are associated with better patient outcomes.
YELLOW BAR — Hospitals which have not met these minimum thresholds.

  Boulder Community Hosp.

  St. Thomas More Hosp.

  Southwest Memorial Hosp.

  Memorial Hosp.

  Penrose Hosp.

  Denver  

  Denver

  Wheat
  Ridge

  Aurora

  Thornton

  Brighton

  Denver  

  Denver  

  Denver  

  Denver  

  Westminster

  Denver  

  Englewood

  Denver  

  Mercy Med. Cntr.

  Poudre Valley Hosp.

  Valley View Hosp.

  St. Marys Hosp. and Med. Cntr.

  North Colorado Med. Cntr.

  Longmont United Hosp.

  Avista Adventist Hosp.

  McKee Med. Cntr.

  Montrose Memorial Hosp.

  Parkview Med. Cntr.

  St. Mary Corwin Med. Cntr.

  Heart of the Rockies Regional Med. Cntr.