QUINCY MEDICAL CENTER - QUINCY, MA

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Addresss:
114 WHITWELL STREET
QUINCY, MA, 02169
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (617) 773-6100

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 2.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 294.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 621.00
Dieticians : 5.00
Occupational Therapists : 6.00
Physical Therapists : 8.00
Registered Pharmacists : 7.00
Respiratory Therapists : 10.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Physicians : 3.00
Medical Social Workers : 5.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 194
Total Certified: 194
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 20

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice 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
Organ Bank 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

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

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

$13,656
Massachusetts:

$18,228
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,725
Massachusetts:

$8,884
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.01%
Massachusetts:

0.63%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,159
State:

$24,260
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,435
State:

$13,664
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

1.51%
Massachusetts:

1.01%
Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,661
State:

$8,093
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,421
Massachusetts:

$5,182
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

2.12%
Massachusetts:

1.55%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,594
State:

$9,468
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,097
State:

$4,509
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

0.95%
Massachusetts:

0.53%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,787
Massachusetts:

$11,891
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,747
Massachusetts:

$6,592
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

0.78%
Massachusetts:

0.60%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,328
State:

$12,625
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,634
State:

$6,629
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

2.46%
State:

1.66%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,393
State:

$18,415
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,417
State:

$9,696
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.61%
Massachusetts:

1.00%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,699
State:

$9,061
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,883
Massachusetts:

$4,421
Number of discharges: 35
Here:

1.96%
Massachusetts:

1.61%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,676
Massachusetts:

$11,351
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,554
State:

$6,458
Number of discharges: 81
Here:

4.53%
State:

2.40%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,847
Massachusetts:

$9,185
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,751
State:

$4,239
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.34%
Massachusetts:

2.24%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,555
Massachusetts:

$12,798
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,378
State:

$7,244
Number of discharges: 93
This Hospital:

5.20%
Massachusetts:

2.28%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,983
State:

$16,231
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,599
Massachusetts:

$8,802
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

2.74%
Massachusetts:

2.26%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$6,701
State:

$9,969
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,844
Massachusetts:

$5,450
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

2.85%
State:

1.72%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,858
State:

$26,807
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,421
State:

$9,521
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.73%
State:

1.08%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,341
Massachusetts:

$12,197
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,584
Massachusetts:

$6,605
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.73%
Massachusetts:

0.69%
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,183
State:

$17,358
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,882
Massachusetts:

$8,510
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.61%
State:

0.42%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,021
State:

$19,186
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,879
State:

$9,654
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.61%
Massachusetts:

0.68%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,679
Massachusetts:

$12,124
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,893
Massachusetts:

$5,687
Number of discharges: 80
Here:

4.47%
Massachusetts:

4.36%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,442
Massachusetts:

$10,973
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,639
Massachusetts:

$5,256
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

0.84%
Massachusetts:

0.42%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,470
Massachusetts:

$17,305
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,111
State:

$8,001
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

1.90%
Massachusetts:

2.01%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,255
Massachusetts:

$27,685
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,517
Massachusetts:

$13,824
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

0.89%
Massachusetts:

0.69%
G.I. Obstruction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,105
Massachusetts:

$15,067
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,282
State:

$7,402
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

0.89%
Massachusetts:

0.72%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,977
State:

$11,121
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,345
Massachusetts:

$5,063
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.61%
State:

0.52%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,516
Massachusetts:

$15,544
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,709
Massachusetts:

$7,997
Number of discharges: 55
This Hospital:

3.07%
State:

3.29%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,752
State:

$20,800
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,866
State:

$11,374
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

2.18%
State:

2.49%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,083
Massachusetts:

$11,002
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,576
State:

$5,276
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.51%
State:

1.40%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,005
State:

$34,898
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,835
State:

$14,569
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.45%
State:

0.99%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,281
Massachusetts:

$21,398
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,268
State:

$9,714
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

1.79%
State:

1.28%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,751
Massachusetts:

$17,699
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,592
State:

$6,528
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.67%
State:

0.70%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,897
State:

$15,868
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,268
Massachusetts:

$8,932
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.01%
Massachusetts:

1.16%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,774
Massachusetts:

$11,735
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,186
State:

$5,950
Number of discharges: 103
This Hospital:

5.76%
Massachusetts:

3.33%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,761
State:

$32,374
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,594
State:

$14,299
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.73%
State:

0.15%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,609
State:

$20,496
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,980
State:

$9,123
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

0.84%
Massachusetts:

0.22%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,650
Massachusetts:

$17,258
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,372
State:

$9,740
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.01%
Massachusetts:

0.61%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,628
Massachusetts:

$34,815
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,352
Massachusetts:

$16,169
Number of discharges: 55
Here:

3.07%
Massachusetts:

5.05%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,112
Massachusetts:

$47,736
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,805
Massachusetts:

$20,782
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

1.06%
State:

0.73%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,680
State:

$13,283
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,314
State:

$6,375
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.17%
State:

1.27%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,456
Massachusetts:

$11,032
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,699
Massachusetts:

$5,408
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

2.24%
State:

2.34%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,996
Massachusetts:

$16,291
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,597
Massachusetts:

$8,089
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

0.95%
State:

0.74%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,886
State:

$11,310
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,242
Massachusetts:

$5,178
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.01%
Massachusetts:

0.57%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,290
Massachusetts:

$18,051
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,456
Massachusetts:

$9,910
Number of discharges: 42
Here:

2.35%
Massachusetts:

1.08%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,095
State:

$12,727
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,428
State:

$6,341
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.45%
Massachusetts:

1.15%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,096
Massachusetts:

$14,101
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,797
State:

$7,793
Number of discharges: 55
This Hospital:

3.07%
Massachusetts:

2.19%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,305
Massachusetts:

$22,295
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,534
Massachusetts:

$12,764
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.01%
Massachusetts:

1.23%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,989
State:

$20,284
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,086
State:

$10,835
Number of discharges: 39
Here:

2.18%
State:

1.09%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,138
Massachusetts:

$26,638
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,116
Massachusetts:

$15,116
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

1.06%
State:

1.06%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$24,922
State:

$39,531
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,437
Massachusetts:

$18,650
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.73%
Massachusetts:

0.77%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,270
State:

$14,164
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,197
Massachusetts:

$6,348
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.45%
Massachusetts:

0.94%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,346
State:

$27,269
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,221
State:

$14,585
Number of discharges: 50
Here:

2.79%
Massachusetts:

3.66%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,229
State:

$16,201
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,641
State:

$8,660
Number of discharges: 41
This Hospital:

2.29%
Massachusetts:

1.16%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,582
State:

$11,667
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,531
State:

$5,423
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.34%
State:

0.80%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,349
Massachusetts:

$14,686
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,662
State:

$7,667
Number of discharges: 66
This Hospital:

3.69%
State:

3.03%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,957
State:

$20,722
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,876
State:

$11,062
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.29%
State:

1.66%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,547
Massachusetts:

$10,334
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,792
Massachusetts:

$5,319
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

1.51%
State:

1.20%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,033
State:

$10,915
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,913
State:

$5,557
Number of discharges: 53
This Hospital:

2.96%
Massachusetts:

2.83%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,671
Massachusetts:

$13,501
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,987
Massachusetts:

$5,542
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

0.95%
State:

0.97%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

47.500%
Massachusetts:

34.287%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

8.400%
Massachusetts:

9.164%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.036%
State:

0.074%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.010%
Massachusetts:

0.008%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

7.400%
State:

5.508%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
Here:

2.400%
Massachusetts:

2.235%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
Massachusetts:

99.6%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

6
State:

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

46
State:

62
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
Massachusetts:

97.2%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

92.0%
Massachusetts:

98.2%

Heart Failure

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

98.0%
Massachusetts:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

95.9%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

95.0%
Massachusetts:

94.2%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

96.0%
Massachusetts:

98.7%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
State:

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

98.0%
State:

96.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

99.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

96.0%
Massachusetts:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

96.0%
Massachusetts:

95.1%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

94.0%
Massachusetts:

96.2%

Surgery

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

99.0%
Massachusetts:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

94.0%
State:

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

97.0%
State:

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:

99.0%
Massachusetts:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
State:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

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

80.0%
Massachusetts:

92.9%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

97.3%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

97.0%
Massachusetts:

96.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

96.5%
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 Attack
This Hospital:

14.9%
Massachusetts:

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

11.0%
Massachusetts:

10.4%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

10.3%
Massachusetts:

10.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

18.7%
State:

20.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

26.1%
Massachusetts:

25.3%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

20.3%
State:

19.2%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.823%
Massachusetts:

0.520%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.206%
State:

0.298%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.206%
State:

0.185%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
Here:

0.411%
Massachusetts:

0.198%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 28%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Massachusetts:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

75%
Massachusetts:

78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

15%
Always
Here:

74%
State:

80%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
Massachusetts:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

29%
Massachusetts:

26%
Always
Here:

60%
State:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Massachusetts:

7%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

70%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

18%
State:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

21%
Massachusetts:

19%
Always
Here:

61%
Massachusetts:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

29%
Massachusetts:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
State:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

17%
State:

15%
Usually
Here:

37%
State:

34%
Always
Here:

46%
Massachusetts:

51%

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

Yes
Here:

83%
State:

86%
No
This Hospital:

17%
Massachusetts:

14%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

16%
State:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

28%
Massachusetts:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

56%
Massachusetts:

68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

9%
Massachusetts:

4%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

34%
Massachusetts:

23%
Yes, definitely
Here:

57%
State:

73%

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