We conduct patient satisfaction surveys on a continual basis so that we know patients' opinions about our care. These surveys help us understand how patients feel about their experiences here and identify issues we may need to address. The charts below show some of the measures from our most recent survey.

Survey of Inpatients by Comparison with Peer Institutions*

Since Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is a teaching hospital, with its main campus located in New York City, we compare our ratings with a group of New York-area hospitals that also offer cancer treatment services. This is called "Peer Group" in the data noted below, and is available only for inpatient ratings.

Patients rate many aspects of their experience on a scale of Very Poor to Very Good. The ratings are combined and averaged, and appear as numbers.

Very Good = 100
Good = 75
Fair = 50
Poor = 25
Very Poor = 0

*First Quarter of 2009