SANTA YNEZ VALLEY COTTAGE HOSPITAL (SOLVANG, CA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	5.300%
California:	8.180%

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

Here:	0.359%
State:	0.170%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

This Hospital:	0.072%
California:	0.043%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

Here:	3
State:	9

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
California:	97.2%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
California:	98.9%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	94.0%
California:	93.5%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
California:	96.1%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	96.7%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

This Hospital:	94.0%
California:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	95.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.5%
State:	10.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	10.5%
State:	11.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.4%
State:	24.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.0%
California:	18.3%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 44%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	1%
California:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
California:	21%

Always

Here:	85%
State:	72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Usually

This Hospital:	10%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	90%
State:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
State:	13%

Usually

Here:	14%
State:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	83%
State:	59%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
State:	25%

Always

Here:	82%
State:	67%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	20%
State:	23%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
State:	58%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
California:	10%

Usually

Here:	14%
California:	21%

Always

Here:	82%
California:	69%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
California:	18%

Usually

Here:	30%
California:	33%

Always

This Hospital:	65%
State:	49%

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

Yes

Here:	87%
State:	81%

Here:	13%
California:	19%

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

6 or lower

Here:	3%
California:	10%

7 or 8

Here:	12%
State:	24%

9 or 10

Here:	85%
California:	66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Yes, probably

Here:	10%
State:	24%

Yes, definitely

Here:	90%
California:	69%

SANTA YNEZ VALLEY COTTAGE HOSPITAL - SOLVANG, CA

Use of Medical Imaging

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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