MID COAST HOSPITAL - BRUNSWICK, ME

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Addresss:
123 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE
BRUNSWICK, ME, 04011
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (207) 729-0181

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 156.05
Other Salaried Personnel : 357.61
Dieticians : 0.84
Occupational Therapists : 5.00
Physical Therapists : 8.98
Registered Pharmacists : 3.89
Respiratory Therapists : 7.30
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.90
Physicians : 15.95
Medical Social Workers : 2.30
Physician Assistants : 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 104
Total Certified: 104

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
State:

3%
Usually
Here:

15%
Maine:

16%
Always
Here:

82%
State:

81%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
Maine:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
State:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

82%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

28%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

66%
Maine:

71%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

72%
Maine:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

13%
Maine:

16%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

70%
State:

66%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Maine:

5%
Usually
Here:

19%
Maine:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
Maine:

78%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

34%
State:

31%
Always
This Hospital:

57%
State:

59%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

86%
Maine:

86%
No
This Hospital:

14%
Maine:

14%

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

6 or lower
Here:

4%
State:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

20%
Maine:

20%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

76%
State:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

3%
Maine:

3%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

15%
Maine:

21%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

82%
State:

76%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

99.7%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

6
State:

6
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

98.7%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.7%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.5%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
Maine:

95.1%

Pneumonia

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

98.0%
Maine:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Maine:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

99.0%
Maine:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

98.0%
Maine:

97.6%

Surgery

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

99.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

96.0%
Maine:

98.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

95.0%
Maine:

97.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

98.0%
Maine:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Maine:

100.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

94.0%
Maine:

94.7%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

98.0%
State:

96.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

94.0%
Maine:

96.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

96.0%
State:

96.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Maine:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

17.3%
State:

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

12.7%
State:

11.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.2%
State:

11.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

22.8%
State:

18.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.7%
State:

23.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.3%
State:

17.9%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,570
State:

$13,020
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,603
Maine:

$5,531
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.07%
State:

0.89%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,771
State:

$10,573
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,492
State:

$3,985
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.84%
Maine:

0.64%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,265
Maine:

$12,630
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,036
Maine:

$5,606
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.59%
Maine:

2.00%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$6,741
Maine:

$9,756
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,719
Maine:

$3,940
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

2.05%
Maine:

1.79%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,000
State:

$14,315
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,958
State:

$5,795
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.44%
Maine:

1.99%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,881
Maine:

$9,936
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,303
Maine:

$3,564
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

2.51%
State:

1.43%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,157
State:

$14,306
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,875
Maine:

$6,528
Number of discharges: 53
This Hospital:

4.03%
Maine:

2.69%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,120
Maine:

$18,521
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,070
Maine:

$8,032
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

3.20%
Maine:

2.32%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,408
Maine:

$10,886
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,455
State:

$4,923
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

2.36%
Maine:

1.67%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,328
Maine:

$17,498
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,156
State:

$7,635
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.07%
Maine:

1.95%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,534
Maine:

$14,192
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,167
State:

$5,640
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.91%
Maine:

0.28%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,307
State:

$13,827
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,412
State:

$5,527
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.99%
State:

0.52%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,930
State:

$12,349
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,561
Maine:

$4,900
Number of discharges: 68
This Hospital:

5.18%
Maine:

3.68%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,617
Maine:

$11,392
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,694
Maine:

$4,831
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.75%
Maine:

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

$14,422
State:

$15,660
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,260
State:

$6,775
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

2.05%
State:

1.82%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,026
Maine:

$14,137
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,604
State:

$6,286
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.29%
State:

0.55%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,533
Maine:

$15,313
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,948
Maine:

$6,810
Number of discharges: 48
This Hospital:

3.65%
Maine:

3.65%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,805
State:

$22,568
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,426
State:

$10,010
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

2.13%
Maine:

2.09%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,036
Maine:

$11,729
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,170
State:

$4,598
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

1.90%
State:

1.23%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,723
State:

$31,415
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,203
Maine:

$12,288
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.59%
Maine:

1.39%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,914
Maine:

$17,191
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,870
Maine:

$7,621
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

2.21%
Maine:

1.72%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,198
Maine:

$11,986
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,637
State:

$5,264
Number of discharges: 42
Here:

3.20%
Maine:

2.31%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,506
State:

$31,667
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,783
Maine:

$13,897
Number of discharges: 89
This Hospital:

6.77%
State:

7.55%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,318
Maine:

$40,734
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,270
State:

$17,723
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.99%
State:

0.90%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,225
Maine:

$12,819
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,958
Maine:

$5,510
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.67%
State:

1.06%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,273
State:

$11,003
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,334
Maine:

$4,532
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

3.04%
State:

1.64%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,845
Maine:

$14,257
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,828
State:

$6,764
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.91%
State:

0.24%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,284
State:

$18,284
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,892
State:

$7,158
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.84%
State:

0.30%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,270
State:

$25,600
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,793
Maine:

$11,094
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.22%
State:

0.53%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,049
State:

$11,863
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,749
Maine:

$4,257
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.45%
State:

0.47%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,441
State:

$15,913
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,663
Maine:

$6,304
Number of discharges: 120
This Hospital:

9.13%
Maine:

1.74%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,477
Maine:

$21,838
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,441
Maine:

$8,951
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

2.21%
Maine:

1.65%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,532
State:

$17,574
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,371
State:

$6,954
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.84%
State:

0.35%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,045
Maine:

$15,297
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,147
State:

$6,784
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.44%
Maine:

2.06%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,246
State:

$26,140
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,488
Maine:

$11,297
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.91%
Maine:

0.94%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,827
Maine:

$20,243
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,482
State:

$9,762
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.07%
State:

1.12%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,059
State:

$30,707
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,249
Maine:

$13,381
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

2.51%
State:

4.23%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,956
Maine:

$17,487
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,215
Maine:

$7,807
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.98%
Maine:

1.75%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,444
State:

$11,065
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,121
Maine:

$4,614
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.84%
Maine:

0.82%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,627
Maine:

$15,404
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,166
Maine:

$6,810
Number of discharges: 69
Here:

5.25%
Maine:

3.64%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,268
Maine:

$23,730
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,742
State:

$9,907
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.98%
Maine:

2.09%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,078
Maine:

$11,834
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,394
Maine:

$4,679
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

2.21%
State:

1.06%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,313
State:

$12,003
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,298
State:

$4,779
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.75%
State:

1.55%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.
This Hospital:

32.100%
State:

38.723%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

8.300%
Maine:

7.557%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.085%
State:

0.075%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

2.300%
Maine:

5.252%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

0.900%
State:

1.299%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.997%
State:

0.602%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.249%
State:

0.413%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.748%
Maine:

0.734%

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