DEKALB MEDICAL CENTER AT HILLANDALE - LITHONIA, GA

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Addresss:
2801 DEKALB MEDICAL PARKWAY
LITHONIA, GA, 30058
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (404) 501-8040

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 86.90
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 4.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 10.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 3.50
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 10.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 84
Total Certified: 84

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room 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

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

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

$8,753
State:

$12,553
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,409
State:

$3,631
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.25%
State:

1.39%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,943
Georgia:

$17,342
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,042
State:

$5,372
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.25%
State:

1.61%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,784
Georgia:

$15,911
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,310
Georgia:

$3,607
Number of discharges: 52
Here:

5.43%
State:

1.74%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,725
Georgia:

$20,363
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,605
State:

$6,113
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

2.19%
State:

2.30%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,480
State:

$25,040
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,137
State:

$7,413
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

2.09%
State:

2.25%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,422
Georgia:

$15,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,428
State:

$4,587
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

2.09%
State:

1.80%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,331
Georgia:

$20,526
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,180
Georgia:

$5,772
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.25%
Georgia:

0.25%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,026
State:

$17,959
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,472
State:

$5,418
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.46%
Georgia:

0.77%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,634
Georgia:

$17,921
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,317
Georgia:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

3.86%
State:

3.05%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,837
State:

$22,011
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,156
State:

$6,499
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

3.44%
State:

2.05%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,826
Georgia:

$39,029
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,105
State:

$11,652
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.46%
State:

0.72%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,326
Georgia:

$15,510
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,301
Georgia:

$4,644
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.77%
State:

0.45%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,543
State:

$19,560
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,063
Georgia:

$6,481
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

3.55%
State:

3.50%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,958
State:

$31,202
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,690
Georgia:

$9,507
Number of discharges: 61
This Hospital:

6.37%
Georgia:

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

$9,713
Georgia:

$13,448
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,076
State:

$4,372
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

2.51%
State:

1.23%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,509
State:

$15,683
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,912
State:

$3,940
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.77%
Georgia:

0.28%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,444
State:

$25,991
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,752
State:

$7,265
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.36%
Georgia:

1.73%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,299
State:

$20,289
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,934
State:

$5,383
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.15%
Georgia:

0.79%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,037
State:

$16,440
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,680
State:

$4,869
Number of discharges: 42
Here:

4.38%
State:

3.08%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,211
Georgia:

$22,776
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,480
State:

$7,451
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

3.55%
Georgia:

1.12%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,351
Georgia:

$14,725
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,162
Georgia:

$4,421
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

2.92%
State:

2.20%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,943
State:

$37,446
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,572
State:

$12,430
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

2.61%
State:

0.92%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,468
Georgia:

$28,786
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,690
State:

$8,091
Number of discharges: 58
Here:

6.05%
Georgia:

1.99%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,767
Georgia:

$28,741
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,550
State:

$9,127
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.15%
State:

0.37%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,998
Georgia:

$17,108
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,127
Georgia:

$5,275
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

2.71%
State:

1.49%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,572
State:

$20,836
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,240
State:

$6,507
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

3.76%
Georgia:

2.62%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,144
State:

$32,753
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,609
State:

$10,664
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

5.32%
Georgia:

1.84%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,841
Georgia:

$42,932
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,191
Georgia:

$12,718
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.15%
State:

0.92%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$47,067
State:

$52,482
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,537
State:

$14,739
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

2.09%
Georgia:

1.05%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,825
State:

$19,683
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,384
State:

$5,153
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.36%
Georgia:

0.62%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$92,152
State:

$138,586
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$38,627
Georgia:

$41,504
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.46%
State:

0.34%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,747
Georgia:

$41,116
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,341
Georgia:

$12,225
Number of discharges: 49
Here:

5.11%
Georgia:

4.78%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,941
Georgia:

$23,222
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,826
State:

$7,264
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.98%
State:

1.59%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,883
Georgia:

$17,066
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,132
State:

$4,443
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.15%
State:

0.71%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,271
State:

$22,144
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,935
State:

$6,410
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

2.09%
Georgia:

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

$17,861
Georgia:

$32,348
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,189
Georgia:

$9,197
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

2.82%
State:

2.08%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,113
State:

$16,155
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,271
State:

$4,495
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.25%
State:

1.11%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,360
Georgia:

$18,313
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,458
State:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

2.82%
Georgia:

1.59%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 15%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Georgia:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
Georgia:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
Georgia:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

17%
State:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

76%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

20%
Georgia:

12%
Usually
Here:

23%
Georgia:

24%
Always
Here:

57%
Georgia:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
Georgia:

7%
Usually
Here:

23%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

69%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

22%
State:

21%
Usually
Here:

14%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

64%
State:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
Georgia:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Georgia:

19%
Always
Here:

71%
Georgia:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

27%
Always
Here:

78%
State:

65%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

80%
State:

81%
No
This Hospital:

20%
Georgia:

19%

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

6 or lower
Here:

11%
State:

9%
7 or 8
Here:

21%
Georgia:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

68%
Georgia:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

6%
Georgia:

6%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

28%
Georgia:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

66%
State:

69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

88.0%
Georgia:

99.0%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

8
State:

33
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
Here:

38
State:

42
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

98.0%
Georgia:

95.8%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

71.0%
State:

97.9%

Heart Failure

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

97.0%
Georgia:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

96.0%
Georgia:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

93.0%
State:

89.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.5%

Pneumonia

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

94.0%
Georgia:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

98.0%
Georgia:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

98.0%
State:

94.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

94.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

88.0%
State:

96.2%

Surgery

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

100.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

95.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

95.0%
Georgia:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

99.0%
Georgia:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

95.0%
Georgia:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
Georgia:

99.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

89.0%
Georgia:

93.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

91.0%
State:

95.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

95.0%
Georgia:

96.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

97.0%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

15.1%
State:

15.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

9.8%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

10.6%
State:

12.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.8%
Georgia:

24.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

21.5%
State:

18.5%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.370%
State:

0.689%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

1.109%
State:

0.572%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

9.000%
State:

8.789%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.048%
Georgia:

0.125%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

1.400%
Georgia:

5.752%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

1.600%
State:

1.998%

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