MERCY HOSPITAL OF DEFIANCE - DEFIANCE, OH

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Addresss:
1404 EAST SECOND STREET
DEFIANCE, OH, 43512
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (419) 782-8444

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 9.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 22.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 17.00
Dieticians : 0.25
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 23
Total Certified: 23

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 44%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
Ohio:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

13%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

85%
Ohio:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
State:

16%
Always
Here:

84%
Ohio:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
Ohio:

8%
Usually
Here:

14%
Ohio:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

82%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Ohio:

6%
Usually
Here:

24%
Ohio:

24%
Always
Here:

73%
State:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

17%
Ohio:

20%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

65%
State:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

12%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

85%
State:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

36%
Ohio:

32%
Always
This Hospital:

57%
State:

57%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

86%
Ohio:

85%
No
Here:

14%
State:

15%

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

6 or lower
Here:

4%
Ohio:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

16%
State:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

80%
State:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

2%
State:

4%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

19%
State:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

79%
State:

71%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.629%
State:

0.740%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

4
Ohio:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

100.0%
Ohio:

96.0%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

94.0%

Pneumonia

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

99.0%
Ohio:

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

97.0%
Ohio:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

96.0%
Ohio:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Ohio:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

99.0%
Ohio:

96.7%

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)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Ohio:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

97.0%
Ohio:

98.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

97.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

97.0%
Ohio:

98.2%
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:

94.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
Ohio:

97.1%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.3%
Ohio:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

14.9%
State:

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

25.0%
Ohio:

25.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.2%
State:

19.0%

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

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

$12,995
Ohio:

$17,343
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,584
Ohio:

$5,360
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

2.40%
Ohio:

1.61%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,860
State:

$12,756
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,339
State:

$3,704
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

4.61%
Ohio:

1.70%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,807
State:

$14,248
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,872
State:

$5,264
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

4.41%
State:

2.07%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,307
State:

$13,576
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,327
Ohio:

$3,608
Number of discharges: 43
This Hospital:

8.62%
Ohio:

2.13%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,054
State:

$18,588
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,633
State:

$6,116
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

6.01%
Ohio:

2.58%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,540
State:

$23,243
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,456
Ohio:

$7,305
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

3.81%
State:

2.57%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,646
State:

$13,703
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,100
State:

$4,558
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

7.62%
State:

1.95%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,203
State:

$15,976
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,247
State:

$4,676
Number of discharges: 46
Here:

9.22%
Ohio:

3.54%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,559
State:

$20,118
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,575
Ohio:

$6,456
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

5.41%
State:

3.25%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,098
State:

$13,715
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,867
Ohio:

$4,264
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

4.61%
State:

1.27%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,583
State:

$25,438
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,137
Ohio:

$7,404
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

2.20%
Ohio:

1.32%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,133
Ohio:

$14,573
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,547
State:

$4,878
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

6.61%
State:

2.95%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,151
State:

$43,077
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,056
Ohio:

$13,260
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

5.01%
Ohio:

5.47%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,460
State:

$13,909
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,811
State:

$4,364
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

5.21%
Ohio:

2.09%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,138
Ohio:

$18,745
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,825
Ohio:

$6,275
Number of discharges: 50
This Hospital:

10.02%
Ohio:

2.85%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,014
State:

$13,590
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,101
Ohio:

$4,407
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

5.41%
State:

1.11%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,376
Ohio:

$16,283
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,104
Ohio:

$4,578
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

6.01%
State:

2.11%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,904
Ohio:

$18,107
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,192
State:

$4,579
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.81%
Ohio:

1.15%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.007%
State:

0.119%

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