NEW YORK DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL - NEW YORK, NY

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Addresss:
170 WILLIAM STREET
NEW YORK, NY, 10038
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (212) 312-5000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 30.53
Registered Professional Nurses : 226.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 722.08
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 7.00
Dieticians : 3.50
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 6.22
Registered Pharmacists : 8.60
Respiratory Therapists : 4.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 66.57
Physician Assistants : 7.00
Residents (Physicians) : 72.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 352
Total Certified: 352

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 - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical 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
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

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

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

$34,967
State:

$46,975
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,876
State:

$15,936
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.16%
New York:

1.08%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,055
New York:

$23,294
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,954
New York:

$7,529
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.69%
New York:

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

$19,793
New York:

$34,476
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,939
State:

$11,180
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.98%
New York:

0.84%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,725
New York:

$15,605
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,870
New York:

$4,967
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.87%
State:

1.64%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,033
State:

$21,478
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,144
State:

$7,326
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

2.40%
New York:

2.35%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,760
State:

$14,161
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,592
State:

$5,137
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

2.05%
New York:

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

$15,336
New York:

$23,013
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,889
New York:

$8,087
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.85%
State:

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

$31,797
State:

$30,592
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,739
State:

$10,182
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

3.21%
State:

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

$11,027
New York:

$16,960
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,478
New York:

$6,071
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

3.29%
State:

1.51%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,787
New York:

$28,514
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,930
State:

$9,062
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.16%
New York:

0.71%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,380
State:

$22,558
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,906
New York:

$8,117
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.16%
New York:

0.89%
Dysequilibrium
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,846
State:

$17,870
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,711
New York:

$5,966
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.07%
New York:

0.66%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,271
State:

$18,668
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,185
State:

$6,361
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

3.29%
State:

3.99%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,388
New York:

$19,845
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,998
New York:

$5,974
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.98%
New York:

0.44%
Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,689
New York:

$20,757
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,536
New York:

$6,412
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.34%
New York:

0.50%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,857
State:

$27,960
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,614
New York:

$8,863
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

2.67%
New York:

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

$33,586
New York:

$50,004
Average Total Payments
Here:

$21,223
New York:

$16,938
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.98%
New York:

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

$15,545
New York:

$19,019
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,649
State:

$6,378
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.16%
New York:

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

$21,420
State:

$26,907
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,698
State:

$9,020
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

3.38%
New York:

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

$33,222
New York:

$41,330
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,341
New York:

$13,648
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

2.49%
State:

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

$10,715
State:

$17,445
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,165
State:

$5,979
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.51%
State:

1.37%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,448
New York:

$44,953
Average Total Payments
Here:

$22,664
State:

$15,635
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.69%
New York:

0.97%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,905
State:

$37,196
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,526
New York:

$13,945
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.42%
State:

0.26%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,250
State:

$33,214
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,715
New York:

$10,434
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.34%
State:

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

$46,854
State:

$55,434
Average Total Payments
Here:

$25,397
New York:

$18,455
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

2.32%
State:

0.82%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,825
State:

$33,952
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,269
New York:

$11,059
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.25%
State:

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

$18,836
New York:

$21,451
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,836
State:

$7,036
Number of discharges: 70
This Hospital:

6.23%
New York:

2.87%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,194
New York:

$45,478
Average Total Payments
Here:

$25,248
State:

$17,066
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

2.76%
State:

4.46%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$28,433
State:

$31,477
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,552
State:

$11,182
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.25%
State:

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

$16,244
New York:

$18,413
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,894
State:

$6,139
Number of discharges: 66
This Hospital:

5.88%
State:

2.44%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,969
State:

$26,025
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,045
New York:

$9,109
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.07%
State:

0.70%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,048
New York:

$80,222
Average Total Payments
Here:

$35,797
New York:

$30,467
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.98%
New York:

0.53%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,907
New York:

$36,373
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,675
State:

$14,644
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.34%
New York:

0.40%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,155
New York:

$21,786
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,548
New York:

$7,426
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

3.38%
State:

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

$20,778
State:

$27,775
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,182
New York:

$9,215
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.87%
State:

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

$24,780
New York:

$42,937
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,175
State:

$15,655
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.25%
New York:

1.29%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,060
New York:

$34,266
Average Total Payments
Here:

$19,179
New York:

$11,846
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.25%
New York:

0.66%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$67,618
State:

$51,542
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$30,016
State:

$17,543
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.07%
State:

0.66%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$95,380
State:

$122,124
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$62,556
New York:

$51,777
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.34%
New York:

0.48%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,363
New York:

$24,411
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,484
State:

$7,634
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.16%
New York:

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

$112,322
State:

$126,634
Average Total Payments
Here:

$71,837
New York:

$59,441
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.16%
State:

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

$44,004
State:

$47,465
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$23,857
State:

$17,315
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

3.74%
State:

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

$21,513
New York:

$29,226
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,276
New York:

$9,822
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.51%
State:

1.68%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,500
State:

$24,560
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,095
State:

$8,494
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

5.16%
State:

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

$24,700
State:

$38,332
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,961
New York:

$12,495
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.51%
State:

1.49%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,571
State:

$17,401
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,895
State:

$5,941
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.16%
State:

1.04%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,572
New York:

$19,174
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,589
State:

$6,619
Number of discharges: 43
This Hospital:

3.83%
State:

3.39%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,526
New York:

$20,693
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,832
New York:

$6,227
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

2.40%
New York:

1.33%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

31.100%
New York:

11.437%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.089%
State:

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

0.062%
State:

0.030%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

7.000%
State:

5.961%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 21%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
New York:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

27%
State:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
New York:

73%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
New York:

17%
Always
Here:

64%
New York:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

22%
State:

15%
Usually
This Hospital:

33%
New York:

27%
Always
This Hospital:

45%
State:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

17%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

37%
State:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

46%
New York:

66%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

32%
New York:

24%
Usually
This Hospital:

24%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

44%
State:

58%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

18%
State:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

30%
New York:

22%
Always
Here:

52%
New York:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

28%
State:

17%
Usually
Here:

40%
New York:

34%
Always
Here:

32%
New York:

49%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

77%
State:

81%
No
This Hospital:

23%
New York:

19%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

21%
New York:

12%
7 or 8
Here:

40%
State:

27%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

39%
State:

61%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

14%
State:

7%
Yes, probably
Here:

44%
New York:

29%
Yes, definitely
Here:

42%
New York:

64%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

100.0%
New York:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
New York:

98.6%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
Here:

15
New York:

10
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

89.0%
State:

97.3%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

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

96.0%
New York:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
New York:

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

100.0%
State:

98.6%

Pneumonia

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

96.0%
State:

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

99.0%
New York:

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

100.0%
State:

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

96.0%
State:

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

96.0%
State:

90.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

91.0%
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
Here:

98.0%
State:

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

92.0%
State:

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

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:

94.0%
State:

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

96.0%
State:

98.1%
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:

89.0%
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:

90.0%
State:

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

90.0%
State:

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

97.0%
New York:

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

100.0%
New York:

99.1%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

15.5%
New York:

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

11.5%
New York:

11.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

14.8%
New York:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

19.8%
New York:

20.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

28.0%
New York:

26.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

20.9%
New York:

19.8%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.416%
New York:

0.435%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
This Hospital:

0.208%
New York:

0.461%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
This Hospital:

0.832%
State:

0.452%

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