HAZLETON GENERAL HOSPITAL - HAZLETON, PA

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Addresss:
700 EAST BROAD STREET
HAZLETON, PA, 18201
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (570) 501-4000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 47.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 220.75
Other Salaried Personnel : 447.25
Dieticians : 4.25
Occupational Therapists : 4.00
Physical Therapists : 4.50
Registered Pharmacists : 5.00
Respiratory Therapists : 13.50
Physicians : 4.00
Medical Social Workers : 4.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 12.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 6.25
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 17.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 120
Total Certified: 99
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 20
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 16

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anesthesia Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation (Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Transplant Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Urgent Care Center Services

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

11
Pennsylvania:

9
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
Here:

60
State:

72
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

94.0%
State:

96.6%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

93.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.4%

Pneumonia

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

98.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.6%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
State:

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

99.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

100.0%
State:

94.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.6%

Surgery

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

100.0%
State:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.6%
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
Here:

100.0%
State:

95.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

98.0%
State:

95.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

80.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

12.9%
Pennsylvania:

14.8%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

7.8%
State:

10.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

8.7%
State:

11.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

18.7%
State:

19.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

27.0%
Pennsylvania:

24.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

21.2%
State:

18.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.279%
State:

0.708%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.139%
Pennsylvania:

0.389%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.836%
Pennsylvania:

0.504%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

1.254%
Pennsylvania:

0.316%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
This Hospital:

0.139%
Pennsylvania:

0.154%

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

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

$21,789
Pennsylvania:

$35,398
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,454
State:

$7,813
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

1.45%
Pennsylvania:

0.64%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,172
Pennsylvania:

$49,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,966
State:

$11,984
Number of discharges: 97
Here:

3.70%
State:

1.10%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,942
Pennsylvania:

$24,778
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,318
Pennsylvania:

$5,248
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.65%
Pennsylvania:

0.33%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,480
Pennsylvania:

$29,111
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,848
State:

$5,893
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.50%
Pennsylvania:

0.63%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,720
Pennsylvania:

$24,639
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,677
State:

$5,656
Number of discharges: 43
Here:

1.64%
Pennsylvania:

1.67%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,260
Pennsylvania:

$36,008
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,963
Pennsylvania:

$8,468
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

1.49%
Pennsylvania:

1.01%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,509
Pennsylvania:

$17,588
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,275
State:

$3,835
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

1.07%
Pennsylvania:

1.86%
Cellulitis with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,645
Pennsylvania:

$41,327
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,804
State:

$9,905
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

1.45%
Pennsylvania:

0.26%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,540
Pennsylvania:

$21,833
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,732
State:

$5,569
Number of discharges: 98
Here:

3.73%
State:

2.29%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,115
Pennsylvania:

$21,791
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,255
Pennsylvania:

$3,879
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

1.03%
State:

1.55%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,287
State:

$29,850
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,694
State:

$6,479
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

0.99%
Pennsylvania:

2.15%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,522
Pennsylvania:

$35,841
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,649
State:

$7,862
Number of discharges: 72
Here:

2.74%
State:

1.99%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,903
State:

$21,975
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,156
State:

$4,841
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.50%
Pennsylvania:

1.72%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,370
Pennsylvania:

$27,059
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,686
Pennsylvania:

$5,943
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

0.72%
State:

0.68%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,768
Pennsylvania:

$40,947
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,647
State:

$8,470
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

0.88%
Pennsylvania:

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

$20,614
Pennsylvania:

$24,456
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,128
State:

$4,986
Number of discharges: 98
This Hospital:

3.73%
Pennsylvania:

3.72%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,267
Pennsylvania:

$21,079
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,714
Pennsylvania:

$4,697
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.53%
Pennsylvania:

0.36%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,711
Pennsylvania:

$22,815
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,116
State:

$4,922
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.46%
Pennsylvania:

0.41%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,409
State:

$29,883
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,810
State:

$6,883
Number of discharges: 50
This Hospital:

1.90%
Pennsylvania:

2.08%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,167
State:

$56,055
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,670
Pennsylvania:

$12,195
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

1.45%
Pennsylvania:

0.73%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,961
Pennsylvania:

$28,572
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,378
State:

$6,337
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.50%
Pennsylvania:

0.71%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,535
Pennsylvania:

$29,163
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,531
Pennsylvania:

$6,918
Number of discharges: 56
Here:

2.13%
Pennsylvania:

3.75%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,466
State:

$40,714
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,425
State:

$9,817
Number of discharges: 159
Here:

6.06%
Pennsylvania:

2.71%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,800
State:

$20,243
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,943
Pennsylvania:

$4,587
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.42%
State:

1.61%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$41,436
Pennsylvania:

$51,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,725
Pennsylvania:

$12,050
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

0.88%
Pennsylvania:

1.07%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$52,442
State:

$94,363
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,766
Pennsylvania:

$21,768
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.53%
State:

0.21%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$101,078
Pennsylvania:

$155,828
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$31,363
Pennsylvania:

$38,158
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

0.76%
Pennsylvania:

0.50%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,785
Pennsylvania:

$36,649
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,155
State:

$7,863
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

1.14%
State:

1.56%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,116
State:

$59,762
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,086
State:

$13,212
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

1.10%
Pennsylvania:

0.86%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,003
Pennsylvania:

$28,288
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,680
State:

$5,649
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

1.26%
Pennsylvania:

0.85%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,598
Pennsylvania:

$33,452
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,345
State:

$7,881
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

1.41%
Pennsylvania:

1.01%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,768
State:

$23,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,411
Pennsylvania:

$5,274
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

0.80%
State:

2.94%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,594
State:

$35,955
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,434
State:

$8,867
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.42%
Pennsylvania:

0.40%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$64,315
Pennsylvania:

$95,323
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,594
Pennsylvania:

$22,897
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.42%
Pennsylvania:

0.22%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$55,646
State:

$51,015
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,537
State:

$13,679
Number of discharges: 45
Here:

1.71%
State:

5.31%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$102,769
Pennsylvania:

$156,225
Average Total Payments
Here:

$28,163
State:

$36,036
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

0.91%
Pennsylvania:

0.51%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,168
Pennsylvania:

$26,794
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,689
State:

$5,619
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

1.37%
Pennsylvania:

1.15%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,921
Pennsylvania:

$37,349
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,560
State:

$8,157
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

0.84%
Pennsylvania:

0.66%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,878
Pennsylvania:

$21,864
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,981
Pennsylvania:

$4,771
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

1.41%
Pennsylvania:

2.03%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,307
State:

$63,291
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,268
State:

$13,908
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.61%
Pennsylvania:

0.63%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,379
State:

$29,869
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,720
Pennsylvania:

$6,973
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

0.76%
Pennsylvania:

0.66%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$83,858
Pennsylvania:

$112,209
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,903
Pennsylvania:

$23,625
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.61%
State:

0.44%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,698
Pennsylvania:

$28,031
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,402
Pennsylvania:

$6,643
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

0.69%
State:

0.65%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$60,867
State:

$80,782
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,791
State:

$17,545
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.57%
Pennsylvania:

0.50%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$55,089
State:

$60,306
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,542
State:

$13,393
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.53%
Pennsylvania:

0.45%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,382
Pennsylvania:

$34,570
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,383
Pennsylvania:

$11,356
Number of discharges: 113
This Hospital:

4.30%
State:

1.07%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,182
State:

$42,805
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,219
Pennsylvania:

$9,223
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.57%
Pennsylvania:

0.30%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,162
Pennsylvania:

$26,165
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,540
Pennsylvania:

$5,568
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

1.18%
Pennsylvania:

1.18%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,067
Pennsylvania:

$29,333
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,749
Pennsylvania:

$7,034
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

1.94%
State:

2.33%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,185
Pennsylvania:

$43,566
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,855
Pennsylvania:

$11,198
Number of discharges: 53
This Hospital:

2.02%
State:

1.49%
Renal Failure without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,865
Pennsylvania:

$22,494
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,791
Pennsylvania:

$4,750
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.42%
Pennsylvania:

0.31%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$50,557
State:

$54,086
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,663
Pennsylvania:

$12,976
Number of discharges: 54
This Hospital:

2.06%
State:

0.97%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$120,204
State:

$188,023
Average Total Payments
Here:

$30,614
Pennsylvania:

$38,405
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

0.69%
Pennsylvania:

0.36%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,543
Pennsylvania:

$74,959
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,567
State:

$16,074
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

0.91%
Pennsylvania:

0.96%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$128,750
Pennsylvania:

$201,554
Average Total Payments
Here:

$32,411
State:

$42,480
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.42%
State:

0.26%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,464
Pennsylvania:

$50,114
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,469
State:

$12,705
Number of discharges: 300
This Hospital:

11.43%
State:

3.92%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,792
State:

$28,351
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,155
State:

$7,480
Number of discharges: 71
This Hospital:

2.70%
Pennsylvania:

1.62%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,015
State:

$24,920
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,950
State:

$5,242
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.46%
Pennsylvania:

0.72%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,375
State:

$29,567
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,668
State:

$6,703
Number of discharges: 61
Here:

2.32%
State:

2.73%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,575
State:

$41,229
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,291
Pennsylvania:

$9,510
Number of discharges: 170
Here:

6.48%
Pennsylvania:

1.78%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,050
State:

$21,186
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,994
Pennsylvania:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

0.69%
State:

1.11%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,178
Pennsylvania:

$23,856
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,173
Pennsylvania:

$4,892
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

1.68%
Pennsylvania:

2.49%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,586
Pennsylvania:

$24,723
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,218
Pennsylvania:

$4,885
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

1.30%
Pennsylvania:

1.38%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

30.900%
Pennsylvania:

36.295%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

11.100%
State:

8.255%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.061%
Pennsylvania:

0.151%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.066%
Pennsylvania:

0.023%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

5.500%
State:

5.987%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

1.500%
Pennsylvania:

3.106%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

74%
Pennsylvania:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
Here:

15%
Pennsylvania:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
Pennsylvania:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

12%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

27%
Pennsylvania:

26%
Always
Here:

61%
Pennsylvania:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
Pennsylvania:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

67%
State:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

25%
State:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
Pennsylvania:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

54%
Pennsylvania:

60%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Pennsylvania:

9%
Usually
Here:

20%
Pennsylvania:

20%
Always
Here:

75%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

18%
Pennsylvania:

14%
Usually
Here:

37%
State:

34%
Always
Here:

45%
Pennsylvania:

52%

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

Yes
Here:

79%
State:

83%
No
Here:

21%
Pennsylvania:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

18%
State:

10%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

30%
Pennsylvania:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

52%
State:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

10%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

43%
State:

28%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

47%
Pennsylvania:

67%

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