ALVARADO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER - SAN DIEGO, CA

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Addresss:
6655 ALVARADO ROAD
SAN DIEGO, CA, 92120
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (619) 229-3172

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 30.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 295.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 650.00
Occupational Therapists : 6.00
Physical Therapists : 13.00
Registered Pharmacists : 20.00
Respiratory Therapists : 21.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 4.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 34.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 6.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 11.00
Nurse Practitioners: 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 311
Total Certified: 281
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 50

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neurosurgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.113%
California:

0.170%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.016%
California:

0.043%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

8.900%
California:

5.492%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

1.800%
State:

1.898%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 16%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
California:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

66%
State:

72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

80%
State:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

16%
California:

13%
Usually
This Hospital:

30%
California:

28%
Always
This Hospital:

54%
State:

59%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
California:

8%
Usually
Here:

27%
California:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

61%
California:

67%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

33%
State:

23%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

51%
State:

58%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
California:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

62%
State:

69%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

19%
State:

18%
Usually
Here:

33%
State:

33%
Always
This Hospital:

48%
California:

49%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
Here:

79%
State:

81%
No
Here:

21%
California:

19%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
This Hospital:

16%
State:

10%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

26%
State:

24%
9 or 10
Here:

58%
California:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

11%
California:

7%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

27%
State:

24%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

62%
California:

69%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.133%
State:

0.625%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.667%
State:

0.530%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
This Hospital:

0.133%
California:

0.321%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$77,270
State:

$83,364
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,804
California:

$15,491
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

0.76%
State:

0.94%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,500
State:

$28,823
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,248
State:

$4,913
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.08%
State:

0.40%
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$47,918
State:

$57,529
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,129
State:

$8,621
Number of discharges: 46
This Hospital:

1.84%
State:

0.62%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,347
California:

$39,980
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,031
California:

$7,146
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.68%
California:

1.30%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,486
State:

$59,369
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,874
State:

$10,810
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

0.84%
State:

0.79%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,077
California:

$28,713
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,094
California:

$4,819
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

0.76%
California:

1.18%
Cellulitis with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,746
California:

$67,232
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,565
State:

$12,858
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.56%
State:

0.28%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,174
California:

$36,707
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,800
State:

$7,245
Number of discharges: 54
This Hospital:

2.16%
California:

2.08%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$92,695
State:

$95,386
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,935
State:

$17,648
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.44%
California:

0.26%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,119
State:

$29,034
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,954
California:

$4,742
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

2.04%
California:

2.11%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,088
State:

$46,809
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,956
State:

$8,290
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

1.40%
California:

1.75%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,509
State:

$58,013
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,238
State:

$10,305
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

2.04%
State:

2.00%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,162
California:

$35,163
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,107
California:

$6,206
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

0.96%
California:

1.11%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$78,157
California:

$117,989
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,964
California:

$20,259
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

0.96%
State:

0.26%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,116
State:

$62,234
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,823
State:

$9,681
Number of discharges: 52
This Hospital:

2.08%
California:

1.28%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,616
California:

$42,162
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,421
State:

$7,743
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

1.48%
California:

0.28%
Dysequilibrium
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,674
California:

$32,624
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,595
California:

$5,257
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.48%
State:

0.23%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,377
State:

$55,838
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,305
State:

$10,485
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.64%
State:

0.67%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,241
State:

$36,899
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,199
State:

$6,233
Number of discharges: 90
This Hospital:

3.59%
California:

3.09%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,017
State:

$54,275
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,200
California:

$8,252
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.60%
California:

0.36%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,310
California:

$46,039
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,269
State:

$8,685
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

1.08%
California:

1.95%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$70,339
State:

$80,936
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,101
State:

$15,696
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.04%
State:

0.79%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,200
California:

$44,086
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,484
State:

$8,042
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

0.80%
California:

0.72%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,978
State:

$47,292
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,798
California:

$8,831
Number of discharges: 44
This Hospital:

1.76%
State:

2.91%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$51,509
State:

$70,963
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,540
State:

$13,159
Number of discharges: 55
This Hospital:

2.20%
California:

3.03%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,436
California:

$32,995
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,788
State:

$5,851
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

0.80%
State:

1.02%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$90,134
State:

$88,197
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,123
California:

$15,201
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.68%
California:

1.05%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$97,959
State:

$139,101
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$19,189
State:

$25,918
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.44%
State:

0.25%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,552
California:

$30,058
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,414
California:

$5,453
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.44%
State:

0.19%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$148,448
California:

$260,329
Average Total Payments
Here:

$33,866
California:

$51,393
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

1.64%
California:

0.87%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,792
California:

$55,669
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,882
State:

$9,837
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

1.00%
California:

1.65%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,382
California:

$95,326
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,248
State:

$17,327
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

1.00%
California:

1.11%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,558
State:

$42,438
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,024
California:

$6,978
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

0.76%
State:

0.78%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,455
California:

$52,262
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,052
State:

$10,172
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

1.16%
California:

0.99%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,069
California:

$36,114
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,126
California:

$6,728
Number of discharges: 42
Here:

1.68%
California:

2.98%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,430
California:

$55,567
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,413
State:

$9,493
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.60%
State:

0.23%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$82,577
California:

$88,239
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,784
California:

$17,187
Number of discharges: 84
This Hospital:

3.35%
State:

6.26%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,700
State:

$42,156
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,591
State:

$6,908
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.60%
State:

0.92%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,538
State:

$49,218
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,769
State:

$10,092
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

1.40%
State:

0.94%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,154
California:

$32,446
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,910
California:

$5,975
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

1.96%
California:

2.21%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$53,347
California:

$89,034
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,177
State:

$17,349
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.60%
State:

0.83%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,397
State:

$49,604
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,872
State:

$8,812
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.48%
California:

0.66%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,759
California:

$76,730
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,962
California:

$15,378
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.52%
California:

0.34%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$91,983
State:

$124,507
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,264
California:

$21,685
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.44%
California:

0.44%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$122,536
State:

$141,530
Average Total Payments
Here:

$21,905
California:

$28,554
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.48%
California:

0.56%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$88,700
California:

$82,284
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,616
State:

$13,731
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

0.80%
State:

0.30%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent with Major Complications or 4+ Vessels/Stents
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$118,389
State:

$166,637
Average Total Payments
Here:

$23,213
State:

$28,878
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

1.36%
State:

0.42%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$78,348
California:

$102,086
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,424
California:

$16,769
Number of discharges: 159
Here:

6.35%
State:

1.40%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$83,350
State:

$97,514
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,751
State:

$14,973
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

0.72%
California:

0.30%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,001
California:

$46,464
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,811
California:

$8,334
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

0.92%
State:

0.45%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,421
State:

$68,498
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,138
State:

$12,969
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

1.00%
State:

0.29%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,294
California:

$64,758
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,211
California:

$11,179
Number of discharges: 45
Here:

1.80%
State:

1.15%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,317
State:

$54,654
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,692
California:

$11,520
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.52%
California:

0.36%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,555
State:

$35,878
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,722
California:

$7,039
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.08%
California:

1.21%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,670
California:

$48,439
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,167
State:

$8,967
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

1.12%
California:

1.90%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,744
State:

$72,128
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,395
California:

$14,548
Number of discharges: 54
Here:

2.16%
California:

1.48%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$44,413
California:

$70,949
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,382
State:

$12,543
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.04%
State:

1.04%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$56,121
State:

$101,885
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,320
State:

$17,925
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

2.04%
California:

1.30%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$140,793
California:

$262,024
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$34,544
California:

$48,700
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.64%
California:

0.44%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$47,285
California:

$120,888
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,268
California:

$21,006
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.64%
State:

0.92%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,123
State:

$38,752
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,414
State:

$6,932
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

0.96%
State:

0.59%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$138,046
California:

$277,564
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$37,567
State:

$53,075
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

1.52%
State:

0.64%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$56,533
State:

$90,173
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,105
State:

$16,748
Number of discharges: 318
Here:

12.70%
California:

7.21%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,740
California:

$50,385
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,905
California:

$9,612
Number of discharges: 63
Here:

2.52%
California:

2.35%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,830
California:

$35,628
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,821
California:

$6,112
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.44%
State:

0.53%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$39,520
California:

$48,755
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,031
California:

$8,695
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

1.76%
State:

2.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$42,542
California:

$70,362
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,330
California:

$12,496
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

2.04%
California:

1.89%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,920
California:

$34,477
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,096
State:

$5,838
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

0.88%
State:

0.97%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$148,591
State:

$154,326
Average Total Payments
Here:

$27,964
California:

$32,547
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

0.84%
State:

0.83%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,290
California:

$37,038
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,156
California:

$6,233
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

1.28%
California:

1.60%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,425
State:

$37,396
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,436
State:

$6,120
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

0.68%
State:

0.94%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

99.0%
California:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

98.0%
California:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

92.0%
California:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
California:

99.6%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

93.9%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

96.0%
State:

97.5%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

98.0%
California:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

93.0%
California:

96.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

92.0%
California:

93.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.4%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
This Hospital:

99.0%
California:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
California:

98.1%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

95.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

97.0%
California:

94.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

95.8%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
Here:

96.0%
State:

98.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

99.0%
California:

96.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

98.0%
California:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

96.0%
California:

96.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

96.0%
California:

96.9%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

84.0%
State:

94.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

98.0%
California:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

93.9%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

91.0%
State:

96.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

95.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
California:

95.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
California:

99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

15.4%
California:

14.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

10.2%
California:

10.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.3%
California:

11.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.7%
California:

19.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

22.3%
California:

24.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.7%
State:

18.3%

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