KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER - BROOKLYN, NY

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Addresss:
451 CLARKSON AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NY, 11203
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (718) 245-3901

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 114.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 874.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 2761.40
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 18.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 0.50
Registered Pharmacists : 57.00
Respiratory Therapists : 32.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 397.17
Medical Social Workers : 19.00
Physician Assistants : 17.00
Residents (Physicians) : 413.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 1477
Total Certified: 1477
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 266
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 29

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Optometric Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.343%
State:

0.435%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.343%
State:

0.461%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.171%
State:

0.452%

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

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

$10,206
State:

$14,817
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,415
State:

$6,759
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

3.34%
State:

0.85%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,121
New York:

$23,060
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,747
State:

$8,106
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.20%
State:

0.52%
Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,597
State:

$16,914
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,578
State:

$6,056
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.28%
New York:

0.36%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,337
State:

$23,294
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,646
New York:

$7,529
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.54%
State:

1.43%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,818
State:

$34,476
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,878
State:

$11,180
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.28%
New York:

0.84%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,046
State:

$21,478
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,982
State:

$7,326
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

2.57%
State:

2.35%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,630
New York:

$14,161
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,835
New York:

$5,137
Number of discharges: 61
Here:

5.22%
State:

2.94%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,993
New York:

$23,013
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,594
New York:

$8,087
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

2.31%
New York:

1.94%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,295
New York:

$30,592
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,591
New York:

$10,182
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.37%
New York:

1.87%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,658
New York:

$16,960
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,854
State:

$6,071
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.97%
State:

1.51%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,358
New York:

$32,366
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,311
New York:

$10,017
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.03%
State:

1.38%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,525
New York:

$28,514
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,511
New York:

$9,062
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.28%
New York:

0.71%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,515
New York:

$22,558
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,772
New York:

$8,117
Number of discharges: 30
This Hospital:

2.57%
State:

0.89%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,244
State:

$18,668
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,973
State:

$6,361
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

4.02%
New York:

3.99%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,495
New York:

$27,960
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,196
New York:

$8,863
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

2.23%
New York:

1.98%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,042
New York:

$50,004
Average Total Payments
Here:

$23,914
State:

$16,938
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.46%
New York:

0.73%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,295
New York:

$19,019
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,055
New York:

$6,378
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.03%
New York:

0.59%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,925
New York:

$26,907
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,258
State:

$9,020
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

4.11%
State:

3.05%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,888
New York:

$41,330
Average Total Payments
Here:

$19,546
New York:

$13,648
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

2.40%
New York:

2.38%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,849
State:

$17,445
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,393
New York:

$5,979
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

2.05%
State:

1.37%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,831
New York:

$37,196
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,868
New York:

$13,945
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.94%
New York:

0.26%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$45,545
State:

$132,493
Average Total Payments
Here:

$62,659
State:

$53,759
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.03%
State:

0.61%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$26,488
State:

$33,214
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,175
New York:

$10,434
Number of discharges: 34
This Hospital:

2.91%
State:

1.22%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$47,566
New York:

$55,434
Average Total Payments
Here:

$27,599
New York:

$18,455
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.97%
State:

0.82%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,934
New York:

$24,933
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,464
State:

$7,235
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.03%
State:

0.66%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,661
State:

$33,952
Average Total Payments
Here:

$16,072
New York:

$11,059
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.11%
New York:

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

$15,967
New York:

$21,451
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,244
State:

$7,036
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

2.83%
State:

2.87%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,887
State:

$31,477
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,234
New York:

$11,182
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.28%
State:

0.85%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,860
New York:

$18,413
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,835
State:

$6,139
Number of discharges: 37
Here:

3.17%
State:

2.44%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,309
New York:

$46,800
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$24,001
New York:

$17,465
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.80%
New York:

0.71%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,699
State:

$36,015
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,102
New York:

$12,277
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

2.23%
New York:

0.48%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,270
State:

$21,786
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,242
State:

$7,426
Number of discharges: 55
This Hospital:

4.71%
State:

1.60%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,151
State:

$27,775
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,435
New York:

$9,215
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.63%
New York:

1.91%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,453
New York:

$42,937
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$23,514
New York:

$15,655
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.65%
State:

1.29%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$83,422
State:

$122,124
Average Total Payments
Here:

$72,707
State:

$51,777
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.20%
New York:

0.48%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,065
New York:

$53,629
Average Total Payments
Here:

$31,318
State:

$20,887
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.80%
State:

0.82%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,789
State:

$24,411
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,601
State:

$7,634
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.20%
New York:

1.03%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$67,939
State:

$126,634
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$76,935
New York:

$59,441
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.63%
New York:

0.67%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,968
New York:

$47,465
Average Total Payments
Here:

$27,324
State:

$17,315
Number of discharges: 73
This Hospital:

6.25%
New York:

5.04%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,595
New York:

$29,226
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,296
State:

$9,822
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.80%
State:

1.68%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,639
State:

$18,747
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,986
New York:

$6,160
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.54%
State:

0.89%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,395
New York:

$24,560
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,163
New York:

$8,494
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

2.23%
New York:

2.61%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,610
State:

$38,332
Average Total Payments
Here:

$21,831
New York:

$12,495
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.54%
State:

1.49%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,362
New York:

$19,174
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,375
State:

$6,619
Number of discharges: 67
This Hospital:

5.74%
State:

3.39%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,941
New York:

$20,693
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,906
New York:

$6,227
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.54%
New York:

1.33%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

98.0%
New York:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

98.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

98.0%
New York:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

94.0%
New York:

99.7%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

94.0%
New York:

96.6%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

95.0%
State:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

77.0%
New York:

92.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

95.0%
New York:

98.6%

Pneumonia

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

88.0%
State:

93.8%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

91.0%
New York:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

91.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

98.0%
New York:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

95.0%
New York:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

95.0%
New York:

94.0%

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%
New York:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

91.0%
State:

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

97.0%
State:

97.7%
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%
New York:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

100.0%
New York:

98.1%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

95.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
New York:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

99.0%
New York:

92.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

97.0%
New York:

95.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

72.0%
New York:

94.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

94.0%
State:

94.4%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

99.0%
New York:

99.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.3%
New York:

14.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

10.6%
State:

11.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

13.6%
New York:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

26.9%
State:

26.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

21.5%
New York:

19.8%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.205%
State:

0.112%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.159%
State:

0.030%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 27%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

15%
New York:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
New York:

20%
Always
Here:

67%
State:

73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

14%
New York:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

77%
New York:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

29%
New York:

15%
Usually
Here:

27%
State:

27%
Always
Here:

44%
New York:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
New York:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
State:

66%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

24%
New York:

24%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

61%
New York:

58%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
New York:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

70%
New York:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

19%
State:

17%
Usually
Here:

26%
New York:

34%
Always
Here:

55%
State:

49%

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

Yes
Here:

75%
New York:

81%
No
This Hospital:

25%
State:

19%

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

6 or lower
Here:

13%
State:

12%
7 or 8
Here:

31%
New York:

27%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

56%
State:

61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

8%
State:

7%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

27%
New York:

29%
Yes, definitely
Here:

65%
State:

64%

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