UMDNJ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - NEWARK, NJ

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Addresss:
150 BERGEN ST
NEWARK, NJ, 07103
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (973) 972-5658

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - State
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 37.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 633.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 1642.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 14.50
Dieticians : 18.00
Occupational Therapists : 6.00
Physical Therapists : 10.00
Registered Pharmacists : 23.00
Respiratory Therapists : 49.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 3.00
Physicians : 238.00
Medical Social Workers : 29.00
Physician Assistants : 16.00
Residents (Physicians) : 280.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 518
Total Certified: 518
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 35

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Optometric Services
Organ Transplant 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

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 14%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

67%
State:

74%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
New Jersey:

6%
Usually
Here:

16%
New Jersey:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
New Jersey:

77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

20%
New Jersey:

15%
Usually
This Hospital:

29%
New Jersey:

27%
Always
Here:

51%
State:

58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

26%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
New Jersey:

67%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

28%
State:

24%
Usually
Here:

19%
New Jersey:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

53%
State:

58%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

19%
State:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

59%
State:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

16%
State:

16%
Usually
This Hospital:

28%
State:

32%
Always
This Hospital:

56%
New Jersey:

52%

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

Yes
Here:

77%
New Jersey:

79%
No
Here:

23%
New Jersey:

21%

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

6 or lower
Here:

16%
New Jersey:

12%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

28%
New Jersey:

26%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

56%
State:

62%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

10%
New Jersey:

7%
Yes, probably
Here:

29%
State:

28%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

61%
State:

65%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.5%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.9%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

96.0%
New Jersey:

91.4%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.0%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.7%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

98.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

100.0%
State:

96.1%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.9%

Pneumonia

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

97.0%
New Jersey:

97.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

99.0%
New Jersey:

98.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

99.0%
New Jersey:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

95.0%
New Jersey:

96.5%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

94.0%
State:

97.7%

Surgery

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

97.0%
New Jersey:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

99.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

94.0%
New Jersey:

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:

96.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

97.0%
New Jersey:

98.2%
Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery
This Hospital:

90.0%
New Jersey:

96.0%
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%
New Jersey:

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

99.0%
New Jersey:

95.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

99.0%
New Jersey:

96.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

88.0%
New Jersey:

97.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

85.0%
New Jersey:

96.6%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
New Jersey:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

15.7%
New Jersey:

14.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.7%
State:

10.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

9.9%
State:

11.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

22.1%
New Jersey:

21.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

27.3%
New Jersey:

26.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.6%
New Jersey:

19.5%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.149%
State:

0.485%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.594%
New Jersey:

0.663%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.594%
State:

0.382%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

0.743%
State:

0.331%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
Here:

0.446%
State:

0.143%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

4.600%
State:

11.744%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.406%
State:

0.094%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.022%
New Jersey:

0.027%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

3.800%
State:

6.521%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

0.700%
New Jersey:

2.576%

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

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

$61,305
New Jersey:

$33,450
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$13,376
State:

$5,495
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.26%
State:

0.40%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$47,231
State:

$45,839
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,011
New Jersey:

$6,359
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.29%
New Jersey:

1.56%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$49,189
State:

$62,994
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$15,591
State:

$9,317
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.81%
State:

0.98%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,643
New Jersey:

$31,596
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,216
New Jersey:

$4,298
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.26%
State:

1.83%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,416
New Jersey:

$40,596
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,862
New Jersey:

$6,234
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.04%
New Jersey:

2.40%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,984
New Jersey:

$32,970
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,157
State:

$4,276
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

2.22%
State:

1.82%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,830
New Jersey:

$50,790
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,213
New Jersey:

$7,184
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.70%
State:

2.29%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,305
New Jersey:

$62,346
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,282
State:

$8,879
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

2.07%
New Jersey:

2.07%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$67,637
New Jersey:

$103,649
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$24,276
New Jersey:

$16,624
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.96%
New Jersey:

0.35%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$53,052
New Jersey:

$59,352
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,638
New Jersey:

$8,362
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

2.07%
State:

1.60%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$41,041
New Jersey:

$45,211
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,386
State:

$6,988
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.89%
New Jersey:

0.65%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$39,887
New Jersey:

$45,234
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,573
State:

$6,470
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

2.14%
New Jersey:

0.79%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$40,494
New Jersey:

$37,750
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,849
State:

$5,392
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.48%
State:

3.49%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$58,724
State:

$51,281
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,923
New Jersey:

$7,633
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.55%
New Jersey:

2.03%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$79,428
New Jersey:

$82,647
Average Total Payments
Here:

$21,973
State:

$13,270
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.81%
State:

0.79%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$41,978
New Jersey:

$52,684
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,943
New Jersey:

$7,674
Number of discharges: 58
This Hospital:

4.29%
State:

3.71%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$80,039
State:

$75,197
Average Total Payments
Here:

$20,842
State:

$11,417
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

3.03%
State:

2.96%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,032
New Jersey:

$36,852
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,199
State:

$5,135
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.89%
New Jersey:

1.54%
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$189,310
State:

$199,694
Average Total Payments
Here:

$62,798
State:

$42,087
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

2.88%
New Jersey:

0.65%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$60,899
State:

$58,890
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,729
New Jersey:

$8,702
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

2.88%
State:

1.45%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$115,571
State:

$92,373
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$27,340
State:

$14,490
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.29%
New Jersey:

0.85%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$39,275
State:

$45,063
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,380
State:

$6,173
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.18%
State:

0.76%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$36,065
New Jersey:

$40,335
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,134
State:

$5,798
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.33%
State:

2.97%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$108,294
New Jersey:

$66,640
Average Total Payments
Here:

$25,335
New Jersey:

$15,059
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

2.29%
State:

3.99%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,881
New Jersey:

$57,544
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,026
New Jersey:

$9,024
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.18%
New Jersey:

0.75%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,532
State:

$37,551
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,098
New Jersey:

$5,216
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

2.07%
State:

2.13%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$97,023
New Jersey:

$85,725
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$25,658
State:

$14,450
Number of discharges: 24
This Hospital:

1.78%
New Jersey:

0.73%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$63,389
State:

$75,684
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$20,891
State:

$12,573
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.96%
State:

0.34%
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$129,508
State:

$104,820
Average Total Payments
Here:

$32,641
New Jersey:

$18,263
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.04%
New Jersey:

0.60%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$89,677
New Jersey:

$132,915
Average Total Payments
Here:

$36,168
State:

$23,760
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

1.11%
State:

0.53%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$98,637
New Jersey:

$90,312
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$23,257
New Jersey:

$15,594
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

2.00%
State:

1.03%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures without Coronary Artery Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$96,969
New Jersey:

$84,329
Average Total Payments
Here:

$22,145
State:

$14,637
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.48%
State:

0.34%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$67,935
State:

$51,612
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,778
New Jersey:

$8,143
Number of discharges: 197
This Hospital:

14.57%
New Jersey:

1.01%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,466
State:

$41,991
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,109
State:

$6,196
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

3.11%
New Jersey:

1.48%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,583
New Jersey:

$52,443
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,901
New Jersey:

$7,686
Number of discharges: 54
Here:

3.99%
State:

2.07%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$53,470
State:

$80,919
Average Total Payments
Here:

$19,087
New Jersey:

$12,608
Number of discharges: 42
This Hospital:

3.11%
State:

1.38%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$91,451
New Jersey:

$106,179
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$27,954
New Jersey:

$17,343
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.04%
State:

0.96%
Seizures without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,936
New Jersey:

$44,017
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,602
New Jersey:

$6,078
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

3.77%
State:

0.92%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$80,108
State:

$88,530
Average Total Payments
Here:

$24,174
New Jersey:

$14,676
Number of discharges: 86
This Hospital:

6.36%
New Jersey:

4.36%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$65,773
State:

$56,844
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,279
New Jersey:

$8,721
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.48%
New Jersey:

1.42%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$37,925
State:

$51,726
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,401
State:

$7,544
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.48%
New Jersey:

2.50%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$59,973
State:

$72,085
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,605
New Jersey:

$10,984
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.81%
State:

1.49%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$192,714
State:

$115,949
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$59,752
State:

$29,230
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.89%
New Jersey:

0.33%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$38,599
State:

$40,180
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,315
New Jersey:

$5,402
Number of discharges: 44
This Hospital:

3.25%
State:

2.82%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,244
New Jersey:

$40,888
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,212
New Jersey:

$5,447
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.89%
State:

1.62%

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