SOUTH TEXAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL (CORPUS CHRISTI, TX) Detailed Hospital Profile

Process of Care

Surgery

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	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

This Hospital:	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:	94.0%
State:	96.7%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	97.6%

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:	69.0%
State:	95.1%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	96.7%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.2%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.5%

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

Here:	100.0%
Texas:	99.7%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 52%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
Texas:	5%

Usually

Here:	12%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	86%
State:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	9%
State:	13%

Always

Here:	88%
Texas:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Texas:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	12%
Texas:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	81%
Texas:	67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
Texas:	21%

Always

Here:	78%
Texas:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
State:	19%

Usually

Here:	11%
Texas:	17%

Always

Here:	77%
Texas:	64%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
Texas:	9%

Usually

Here:	10%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	87%
State:	73%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	25%

Always

This Hospital:	83%
State:	67%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	88%
Texas:	83%

This Hospital:	12%
Texas:	17%

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

6 or lower

Here:	4%
State:	8%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	11%
State:	21%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	85%
State:	71%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	2%
Texas:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	11%
Texas:	23%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	87%
Texas:	72%

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

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$66,867
Texas:	$60,653

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,007
Texas:	$13,908

Number of discharges: 151

Here:	93.21%
State:	6.27%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$40,998
State:	$68,143

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,201
State:	$16,870

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	6.79%
State:	0.71%

SOUTH TEXAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL - CORPUS CHRISTI, TX

Process of Care

Surgery

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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

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