SPENCER MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL - SPENCER, IA

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Addresss:
1200 1ST AVENUE EAST
SPENCER, IA, 51301
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (712) 264-8300

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: MILTON AND ETHEL WARNER DIALYSIS UNIT - SPENCER

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Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.364%
State:

0.754%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

1.092%
State:

0.689%

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

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,920
State:

$10,968
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,287
Iowa:

$3,517
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

3.11%
State:

0.38%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,254
State:

$10,063
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,223
Iowa:

$3,469
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.49%
Iowa:

1.74%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$8,582
State:

$13,154
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,693
Iowa:

$5,126
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

4.04%
State:

1.90%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$6,506
Iowa:

$11,577
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,097
Iowa:

$3,347
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.49%
Iowa:

1.46%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,022
Iowa:

$16,587
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,492
Iowa:

$5,845
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.18%
State:

1.73%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,297
State:

$12,605
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,076
Iowa:

$4,509
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.33%
Iowa:

1.27%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,994
Iowa:

$14,219
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,045
Iowa:

$4,496
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

6.22%
Iowa:

3.04%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,839
State:

$17,952
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,798
Iowa:

$6,324
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

2.49%
Iowa:

2.18%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,219
Iowa:

$12,859
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,029
State:

$4,392
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

2.80%
State:

0.35%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,020
Iowa:

$16,806
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,809
Iowa:

$6,239
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

3.11%
Iowa:

2.83%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,158
State:

$11,964
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,868
State:

$4,146
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

2.64%
Iowa:

1.28%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,016
State:

$35,552
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,800
State:

$11,140
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

3.89%
Iowa:

1.61%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,044
Iowa:

$30,047
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,855
Iowa:

$9,789
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

3.58%
Iowa:

0.31%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,528
Iowa:

$20,141
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,273
Iowa:

$7,017
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

3.11%
Iowa:

1.56%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,284
State:

$13,302
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,437
Iowa:

$4,858
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.33%
Iowa:

2.36%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,648
Iowa:

$37,395
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,904
Iowa:

$12,819
Number of discharges: 148
This Hospital:

23.02%
Iowa:

9.59%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,742
Iowa:

$45,138
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,547
State:

$15,879
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

2.49%
State:

0.83%
Medical Back Problems without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,539
State:

$15,255
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,488
Iowa:

$5,177
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

2.33%
State:

1.02%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,664
State:

$12,163
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,124
State:

$4,344
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

3.73%
State:

2.12%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,258
Iowa:

$16,050
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,671
State:

$6,064
Number of discharges: 73
This Hospital:

11.35%
State:

3.31%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,296
State:

$24,809
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,350
Iowa:

$8,640
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.71%
Iowa:

2.33%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,862
Iowa:

$12,176
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,009
State:

$4,314
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

4.82%
Iowa:

1.47%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$65,039
Iowa:

$66,462
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$21,961
Iowa:

$24,175
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

2.02%
State:

0.93%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,258
Iowa:

$14,006
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,038
Iowa:

$4,339
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.71%
State:

1.21%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

14
State:

6
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

100.0%
Iowa:

97.2%

Heart Failure

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

96.0%
Iowa:

96.9%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

87.0%
State:

95.7%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

91.0%
State:

90.2%

Pneumonia

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

96.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Iowa:

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

94.0%
Iowa:

93.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

96.0%
Iowa:

91.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

98.0%
State:

94.3%

Surgery

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

95.0%
Iowa:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

97.0%
Iowa:

96.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

99.0%
Iowa:

98.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

99.0%
State:

96.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

99.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Iowa:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

95.0%
Iowa:

94.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

96.5%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

89.0%
Iowa:

95.7%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

97.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

16.1%
State:

14.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

13.3%
Iowa:

12.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.0%
Iowa:

12.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.4%
State:

23.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

16.5%
State:

17.9%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

25.300%
Iowa:

34.389%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

9.500%
State:

8.069%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.186%
State:

0.138%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.184%
Iowa:

0.031%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

1.400%
Iowa:

4.961%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 44%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
Iowa:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

76%
State:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
Iowa:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
Iowa:

13%
Always
Here:

79%
State:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

28%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

66%
Iowa:

69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Iowa:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
Iowa:

24%
Always
Here:

72%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

17%
State:

15%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

61%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
Iowa:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
State:

78%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
Iowa:

7%
Usually
Here:

31%
Iowa:

30%
Always
Here:

63%
Iowa:

63%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

86%
State:

85%
No
This Hospital:

14%
State:

15%

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

6 or lower
Here:

6%
Iowa:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

25%
State:

20%
9 or 10
Here:

69%
Iowa:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

3%
Iowa:

3%
Yes, probably
Here:

26%
Iowa:

22%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

71%
Iowa:

75%

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