THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS - PORT ARTHUR, TX

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Addresss:
2555 JIMMY JOHNSON BLVD
PORT ARTHUR, TX, 77640
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (409) 853-5900

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 32.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 101.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 233.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 2.00
Registered Pharmacists : 3.00
Respiratory Therapists : 7.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 244
Total Certified: 215
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 23
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 17

Provided Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Urgent Care Center Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 30%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
Texas:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

72%
Texas:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

15%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

79%
Texas:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

18%
Texas:

10%
Usually
Here:

25%
Texas:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

57%
State:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

26%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

64%
Texas:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

24%
State:

19%
Usually
Here:

21%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

55%
Texas:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
Texas:

9%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

65%
Texas:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

24%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

69%
Texas:

67%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

83%
State:

83%
No
This Hospital:

17%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

13%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

25%
State:

21%
9 or 10
Here:

62%
State:

71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

11%
Texas:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

26%
Texas:

23%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

63%
State:

72%

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

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

$45,416
Texas:

$37,029
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,853
Texas:

$7,756
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.89%
State:

0.50%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,397
State:

$25,580
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,050
Texas:

$5,548
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.42%
Texas:

1.35%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,519
State:

$39,117
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,184
Texas:

$8,276
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.12%
State:

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

$17,803
Texas:

$17,909
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,371
Texas:

$3,737
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.27%
State:

1.48%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,591
State:

$22,187
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,919
Texas:

$5,512
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

3.50%
State:

2.13%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,781
Texas:

$21,153
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,324
Texas:

$3,684
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.19%
Texas:

1.64%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$31,419
State:

$29,940
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,081
State:

$6,395
Number of discharges: 36
This Hospital:

2.68%
Texas:

2.05%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,140
State:

$35,718
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,047
Texas:

$7,640
Number of discharges: 48
This Hospital:

3.58%
Texas:

2.27%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,158
Texas:

$22,469
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,258
Texas:

$4,747
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.31%
Texas:

1.59%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$47,746
State:

$41,312
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,840
Texas:

$7,361
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.57%
State:

1.54%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,720
State:

$25,425
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,857
Texas:

$5,709
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.49%
Texas:

0.71%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$29,496
State:

$24,361
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,240
State:

$4,830
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

3.13%
Texas:

3.07%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,709
Texas:

$30,533
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,015
Texas:

$6,742
Number of discharges: 52
Here:

3.88%
State:

1.83%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,575
Texas:

$52,594
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,869
State:

$11,790
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.19%
Texas:

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

$21,946
State:

$21,763
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,132
Texas:

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

1.34%
State:

0.43%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,107
Texas:

$28,958
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,049
Texas:

$6,052
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.04%
Texas:

0.64%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,498
State:

$29,852
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,033
State:

$6,718
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

3.65%
Texas:

3.09%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$42,720
Texas:

$46,288
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,500
Texas:

$9,846
Number of discharges: 75
This Hospital:

5.59%
Texas:

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

$23,042
State:

$20,982
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,123
Texas:

$4,507
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.64%
Texas:

1.18%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,383
Texas:

$55,186
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,089
State:

$11,865
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.12%
Texas:

1.25%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,186
Texas:

$36,171
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,918
Texas:

$7,674
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.49%
Texas:

1.60%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$64,194
Texas:

$58,647
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,646
State:

$12,879
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.34%
Texas:

0.95%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,911
Texas:

$28,468
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,749
State:

$5,476
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.27%
Texas:

0.81%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,282
Texas:

$34,831
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,932
State:

$7,778
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

2.16%
State:

1.15%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$26,277
State:

$22,532
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,560
State:

$5,086
Number of discharges: 82
Here:

6.11%
Texas:

3.62%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$77,910
State:

$60,653
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,508
State:

$13,908
Number of discharges: 45
This Hospital:

3.36%
State:

6.27%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$37,709
State:

$32,026
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,514
State:

$7,792
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.72%
State:

1.15%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,636
State:

$20,255
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,113
State:

$4,589
Number of discharges: 53
Here:

3.95%
State:

2.39%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$55,003
State:

$54,093
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,649
Texas:

$12,909
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.27%
State:

0.86%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$72,786
Texas:

$76,478
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,258
State:

$16,388
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.97%
Texas:

0.60%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$78,143
Texas:

$75,722
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,264
State:

$13,471
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

2.39%
State:

1.24%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,177
State:

$26,933
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,751
Texas:

$6,471
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.27%
Texas:

0.55%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$43,725
State:

$37,426
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,176
State:

$8,666
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.04%
Texas:

0.42%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,240
Texas:

$22,785
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,711
State:

$5,348
Number of discharges: 33
Here:

2.46%
Texas:

1.52%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$32,697
State:

$29,456
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,009
State:

$6,717
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

2.76%
Texas:

2.33%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,796
State:

$44,595
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,624
State:

$10,908
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.27%
State:

1.68%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$46,698
State:

$42,475
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,621
State:

$9,270
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.27%
Texas:

0.80%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$59,678
Texas:

$70,898
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,342
State:

$15,222
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.12%
Texas:

1.10%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,471
State:

$25,913
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,504
Texas:

$5,335
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.97%
Texas:

0.63%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$56,044
Texas:

$55,259
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,322
State:

$12,623
Number of discharges: 77
This Hospital:

5.74%
State:

4.83%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,699
Texas:

$31,223
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,667
State:

$7,429
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.94%
State:

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

$37,589
Texas:

$30,598
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,974
Texas:

$6,580
Number of discharges: 45
Here:

3.36%
Texas:

2.99%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$53,689
State:

$46,624
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,546
Texas:

$9,603
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.42%
Texas:

1.99%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,019
State:

$21,702
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,315
Texas:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 35
This Hospital:

2.61%
State:

1.33%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,942
State:

$26,197
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,428
State:

$4,788
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

1.86%
Texas:

1.55%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,027
State:

$26,817
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,322
Texas:

$4,792
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.27%
Texas:

1.11%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.671%
Texas:

0.881%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.224%
Texas:

0.614%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

6.800%
State:

8.275%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.559%
State:

0.250%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.693%
Texas:

0.110%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

99.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

95.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

92.0%
Texas:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

97.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Texas:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

67.0%
Texas:

94.0%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

94.0%
Texas:

97.4%

Heart Failure

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

99.0%
Texas:

98.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

84.0%
Texas:

96.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

88.0%
State:

93.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Texas:

99.5%

Pneumonia

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

93.0%
Texas:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

99.0%
Texas:

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

100.0%
State:

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

89.0%
State:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

83.0%
Texas:

94.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

90.0%
Texas:

96.2%

Surgery

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

100.0%
Texas:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

97.0%
Texas:

97.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

99.0%
Texas:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

99.0%
Texas:

97.6%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
This Hospital:

86.0%
State:

94.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Texas:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

95.1%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

99.0%
State:

96.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

94.0%
State:

97.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

88.0%
Texas:

96.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Texas:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.1%
State:

15.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

12.7%
Texas:

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

10.7%
Texas:

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

18.2%
State:

19.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

23.5%
Texas:

24.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.0%
State:

18.0%

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