DELTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - GREENVILLE, MS

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Addresss:
1400 E UNION ST
GREENVILLE, MS, 38704
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (662) 378-3783

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

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Use of Medical Imaging

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

31.400%
Mississippi:

40.903%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

3.300%
Mississippi:

8.123%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.195%
State:

0.163%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.186%
Mississippi:

0.073%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

3.600%
State:

5.869%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

5.300%
Mississippi:

4.103%

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

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

$24,054
State:

$26,793
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,412
Mississippi:

$7,262
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

1.51%
State:

0.53%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,953
State:

$38,298
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,798
State:

$11,210
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

1.95%
Mississippi:

0.81%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,126
State:

$22,548
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,179
State:

$5,042
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.32%
State:

0.36%
Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,539
State:

$11,178
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,150
Mississippi:

$3,869
Number of discharges: 46
This Hospital:

2.24%
State:

0.50%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,304
Mississippi:

$18,293
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,410
State:

$5,060
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.59%
Mississippi:

0.74%
Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,457
Mississippi:

$14,285
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,912
State:

$3,693
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.73%
Mississippi:

0.54%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,268
Mississippi:

$18,350
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,397
State:

$5,115
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

1.61%
Mississippi:

1.12%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,814
Mississippi:

$25,698
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,188
Mississippi:

$7,700
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

1.66%
State:

0.74%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,125
State:

$12,650
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,701
State:

$3,452
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

1.56%
Mississippi:

1.48%
Cellulitis with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,292
State:

$32,545
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,514
State:

$8,959
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.54%
State:

0.18%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,975
State:

$17,224
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,369
State:

$5,050
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

1.61%
Mississippi:

1.90%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,642
Mississippi:

$17,346
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,539
Mississippi:

$3,373
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

1.85%
State:

1.44%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,864
State:

$21,305
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,241
Mississippi:

$5,812
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

1.76%
State:

2.37%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,111
State:

$26,679
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,583
State:

$7,105
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.32%
State:

2.30%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,094
Mississippi:

$16,092
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,669
State:

$4,362
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

2.00%
Mississippi:

2.34%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$36,236
Mississippi:

$46,996
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,903
State:

$13,130
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.59%
State:

0.31%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,513
State:

$29,836
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,254
State:

$6,793
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.32%
Mississippi:

1.76%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,053
State:

$16,844
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,406
Mississippi:

$5,045
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.27%
State:

0.77%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,216
Mississippi:

$26,395
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,449
Mississippi:

$7,524
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

1.66%
State:

0.61%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,507
State:

$16,954
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,623
State:

$4,347
Number of discharges: 86
This Hospital:

4.19%
Mississippi:

4.02%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,359
State:

$22,928
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,565
State:

$6,215
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

2.29%
State:

2.12%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,090
State:

$38,439
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,328
Mississippi:

$10,974
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.88%
Mississippi:

0.71%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,982
Mississippi:

$17,651
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,642
Mississippi:

$4,240
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

0.98%
State:

0.57%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,262
State:

$20,196
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,910
Mississippi:

$5,565
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.68%
State:

0.49%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,579
State:

$13,582
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,148
State:

$3,776
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

0.98%
Mississippi:

0.41%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,536
State:

$20,890
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,509
Mississippi:

$6,135
Number of discharges: 103
This Hospital:

5.02%
State:

3.46%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,933
State:

$32,289
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,670
State:

$8,991
Number of discharges: 67
Here:

3.27%
State:

2.92%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,020
Mississippi:

$14,583
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,419
State:

$4,098
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

2.39%
State:

1.73%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,546
State:

$39,694
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,995
State:

$11,495
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

0.98%
State:

1.03%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,768
State:

$32,083
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,758
State:

$9,221
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.63%
Mississippi:

0.38%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$65,384
State:

$119,357
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$35,293
Mississippi:

$36,719
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.59%
State:

0.44%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,873
Mississippi:

$26,321
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,780
Mississippi:

$7,263
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

0.83%
Mississippi:

1.10%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,904
Mississippi:

$16,244
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,073
Mississippi:

$4,671
Number of discharges: 53
Here:

2.58%
State:

3.46%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,775
State:

$48,033
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,664
Mississippi:

$12,799
Number of discharges: 70
This Hospital:

3.41%
Mississippi:

4.93%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,835
Mississippi:

$57,555
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,316
State:

$15,912
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.54%
State:

0.71%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$95,762
Mississippi:

$128,872
Average Total Payments
Here:

$33,944
State:

$35,304
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.54%
Mississippi:

0.52%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,731
State:

$24,230
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,588
State:

$7,140
Number of discharges: 55
This Hospital:

2.68%
State:

0.88%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,464
Mississippi:

$14,414
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,443
State:

$4,193
Number of discharges: 78
Here:

3.80%
State:

2.58%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,155
State:

$38,822
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,618
State:

$12,298
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

1.85%
State:

0.69%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$58,196
State:

$52,816
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,697
State:

$15,280
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.07%
Mississippi:

0.51%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$76,442
State:

$69,457
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$25,595
Mississippi:

$19,831
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.73%
Mississippi:

0.51%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$46,023
State:

$51,854
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,785
Mississippi:

$10,995
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

1.80%
State:

0.53%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,924
Mississippi:

$18,324
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,362
State:

$6,105
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.63%
Mississippi:

0.48%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,954
State:

$52,252
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,062
State:

$16,213
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.88%
Mississippi:

0.37%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,314
State:

$43,866
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,138
State:

$12,303
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.78%
State:

0.41%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,136
State:

$18,676
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,823
State:

$5,657
Number of discharges: 78
This Hospital:

3.80%
State:

1.73%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,079
Mississippi:

$30,306
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,228
State:

$8,087
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.88%
Mississippi:

1.43%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,494
State:

$22,262
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,590
State:

$6,502
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.59%
Mississippi:

0.44%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,611
State:

$27,211
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,075
State:

$8,227
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.63%
State:

0.44%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,992
State:

$17,864
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,113
Mississippi:

$4,971
Number of discharges: 58
Here:

2.83%
Mississippi:

1.98%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,614
State:

$22,099
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,550
Mississippi:

$6,198
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

1.85%
Mississippi:

2.02%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,347
Mississippi:

$35,040
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,424
State:

$10,508
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

1.61%
State:

1.33%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$91,588
State:

$122,134
Average Total Payments
Here:

$30,715
State:

$35,203
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

0.68%
Mississippi:

0.42%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,498
Mississippi:

$53,819
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,442
State:

$14,418
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.27%
State:

1.20%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,063
Mississippi:

$19,377
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,905
Mississippi:

$4,761
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.63%
Mississippi:

0.61%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,142
State:

$44,389
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,232
State:

$11,997
Number of discharges: 67
Here:

3.27%
Mississippi:

3.82%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,832
Mississippi:

$25,053
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,625
Mississippi:

$6,894
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

1.76%
State:

1.34%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,120
Mississippi:

$16,085
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,434
State:

$4,122
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.27%
State:

0.67%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,266
State:

$22,633
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,536
State:

$6,078
Number of discharges: 47
This Hospital:

2.29%
Mississippi:

3.08%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,693
State:

$34,401
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,412
State:

$8,855
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

1.37%
Mississippi:

1.91%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,314
State:

$16,650
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,566
Mississippi:

$4,315
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.63%
Mississippi:

1.59%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,478
Mississippi:

$19,098
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,624
Mississippi:

$4,340
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

1.76%
State:

1.42%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,833
Mississippi:

$19,312
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,862
State:

$4,513
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.83%
Mississippi:

0.98%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 14%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

15%
Always
Here:

73%
State:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Mississippi:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

12%
Mississippi:

11%
Always
Here:

83%
State:

85%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

16%
State:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
Mississippi:

22%
Always
Here:

58%
Mississippi:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

70%
Mississippi:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

26%
State:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

59%
Mississippi:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

69%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

24%
Always
Here:

68%
Mississippi:

69%

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

Yes
Here:

70%
State:

79%
No
This Hospital:

30%
State:

21%

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

6 or lower
Here:

16%
State:

10%
7 or 8
Here:

25%
State:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

59%
Mississippi:

68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

10%
State:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

33%
State:

26%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

57%
Mississippi:

68%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.155%
Mississippi:

0.715%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.155%
Mississippi:

0.406%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.155%
State:

0.793%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

97.0%
Mississippi:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

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

95.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

90.0%
Mississippi:

96.4%

Heart Failure

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

97.0%
Mississippi:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

89.0%
Mississippi:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

91.0%
Mississippi:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Mississippi:

99.2%

Pneumonia

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

90.0%
Mississippi:

96.2%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
Mississippi:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Mississippi:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

97.0%
Mississippi:

93.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

83.0%
Mississippi:

92.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

97.0%
Mississippi:

93.8%

Surgery

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

97.0%
Mississippi:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

99.0%
Mississippi:

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:

97.0%
Mississippi:

95.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

96.0%
Mississippi:

97.1%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
Here:

98.0%
Mississippi:

95.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

85.0%
Mississippi:

93.4%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

84.0%
Mississippi:

95.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

77.0%
Mississippi:

96.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

99.0%
Mississippi:

96.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.3%
Mississippi:

15.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

10.7%
Mississippi:

12.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

13.9%
Mississippi:

13.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

21.9%
State:

20.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

25.0%
Mississippi:

26.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.3%
State:

19.6%

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