DECATUR COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL - PARSONS, TN

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Addresss:
969 TENNESSEE AVE S
PARSONS, TN, 38363
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (731) 847-3031

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 15.03
Registered Professional Nurses : 22.55
Other Salaried Personnel : 103.69
Physical Therapists : 1.11
Registered Pharmacists : 1.96
Respiratory Therapists : 5.08
Physicians : 0.15

Number Of Beds
Total: 40
Total Certified: 40

Provided Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Operating Room Services
Optometric Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Speech Pathology Services

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

Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$4,799
State:

$16,279
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,685
Tennessee:

$5,032
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

7.17%
State:

1.82%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$5,707
Tennessee:

$19,593
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,494
State:

$5,660
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

3.43%
Tennessee:

2.47%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,028
Tennessee:

$23,923
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,409
Tennessee:

$7,037
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

6.54%
Tennessee:

2.65%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$4,887
State:

$14,972
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,057
Tennessee:

$4,309
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

9.35%
Tennessee:

2.17%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$5,082
Tennessee:

$16,359
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,048
State:

$4,325
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

6.54%
State:

3.25%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,304
State:

$29,962
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,762
Tennessee:

$8,869
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

3.43%
Tennessee:

2.69%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$6,856
Tennessee:

$22,616
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,653
State:

$6,897
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

6.23%
Tennessee:

1.25%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$5,161
Tennessee:

$15,485
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,354
Tennessee:

$4,583
Number of discharges: 68
This Hospital:

21.18%
State:

3.34%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$4,254
Tennessee:

$14,272
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,903
Tennessee:

$4,148
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

7.79%
State:

2.15%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$6,982
State:

$27,845
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,090
State:

$8,368
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

7.79%
Tennessee:

0.93%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,227
Tennessee:

$40,945
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,539
State:

$11,818
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

3.43%
State:

1.09%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,423
State:

$20,741
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,661
State:

$5,942
Number of discharges: 36
Here:

11.21%
State:

3.38%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$5,251
State:

$15,203
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,849
State:

$4,222
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

5.92%
Tennessee:

1.35%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 28%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Tennessee:

5%
Usually
Here:

13%
State:

16%
Always
Here:

85%
Tennessee:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

9%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

88%
Tennessee:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
Tennessee:

10%
Usually
Here:

20%
Tennessee:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

70%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

16%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

77%
Tennessee:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
Tennessee:

21%
Usually
Here:

12%
Tennessee:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

76%
State:

63%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Tennessee:

10%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
Tennessee:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

23%
State:

26%
Always
Here:

70%
Tennessee:

66%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

77%
Tennessee:

82%
No
This Hospital:

23%
State:

18%

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

6 or lower
Here:

9%
State:

9%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

23%
State:

23%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

68%
Tennessee:

68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
Tennessee:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

29%
Tennessee:

25%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

67%
Tennessee:

69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

6
Tennessee:

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

98.0%
Tennessee:

96.4%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
Tennessee:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

85.0%
Tennessee:

91.6%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
Tennessee:

96.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
Tennessee:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Tennessee:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

97.0%
State:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

96.0%
Tennessee:

95.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

97.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

17.2%
State:

15.1%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

13.2%
Tennessee:

11.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

15.5%
Tennessee:

12.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

27.1%
Tennessee:

25.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

21.2%
State:

19.3%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

12.000%
Tennessee:

8.346%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.339%
Tennessee:

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

0.120%
Tennessee:

0.080%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

1.200%
State:

3.454%

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