HALE COUNTY HOSPITAL (GREENSBORO, AL) Detailed Hospital Profile

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

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,767
Alabama:	$17,029

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,565
Alabama:	$4,494

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	40.82%
Alabama:	3.20%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$5,951
State:	$14,844

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,923
State:	$4,068

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	34.69%
State:	2.46%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$5,051
Alabama:	$14,866

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,887
State:	$4,004

Number of discharges: 12

Here:	24.49%
Alabama:	0.76%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

This Hospital:	29
State:	8

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

Here:	74.0%
State:	97.2%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	48.0%
State:	98.0%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	18.0%
State:	92.0%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	86.0%
State:	97.1%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:	75.0%
Alabama:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	46.0%
State:	96.5%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.7%
Alabama:	11.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.5%
State:	12.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	23.8%
Alabama:	24.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.1%
Alabama:	18.6%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
Alabama:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	76%
State:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	3%

Usually

Here:	12%
State:	11%

Always

This Hospital:	81%
Alabama:	86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	22%
State:	12%

Usually

Here:	21%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	57%
State:	66%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	21%
Alabama:	9%

Usually

Here:	13%
Alabama:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
Alabama:	19%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	75%
Alabama:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
Alabama:	11%

Usually

Here:	16%
Alabama:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	69%
Alabama:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
Alabama:	70%

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

Yes

Here:	74%
State:	81%

This Hospital:	26%
Alabama:	19%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	10%
Alabama:	8%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	25%
Alabama:	22%

9 or 10

Here:	65%
Alabama:	70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	10%
Alabama:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	29%
Alabama:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	61%
State:	70%

HALE COUNTY HOSPITAL - GREENSBORO, AL

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

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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