UPSTATE CAROLINA MEDICAL CENTER - GAFFNEY, SC

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Addresss:
1530 N LIMESTONE ST
GAFFNEY, SC, 29340
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (864) 487-4271

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 20.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 83.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 167.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 9.00
Physicians : 4.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 125
Total Certified: 125

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory 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
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 24%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

74%
South Carolina:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

14%
State:

12%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
South Carolina:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
South Carolina:

10%
Usually
Here:

24%
State:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
State:

68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
South Carolina:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

21%
Always
This Hospital:

71%
South Carolina:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

24%
South Carolina:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
South Carolina:

16%
Always
Here:

59%
State:

65%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

16%
State:

9%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
South Carolina:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
South Carolina:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
South Carolina:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
South Carolina:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
South Carolina:

67%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

83%
State:

85%
No
This Hospital:

17%
South Carolina:

15%

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

6 or lower
Here:

13%
State:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

26%
South Carolina:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

61%
State:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

7%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

34%
South Carolina:

25%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

59%
South Carolina:

70%

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

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,267
South Carolina:

$15,051
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,459
State:

$3,759
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.19%
South Carolina:

0.43%
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,182
State:

$24,015
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,743
State:

$5,536
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

1.19%
South Carolina:

0.48%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,943
State:

$21,305
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,780
South Carolina:

$5,477
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

2.38%
South Carolina:

1.44%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,142
State:

$33,087
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,985
State:

$8,267
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.19%
State:

0.89%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,047
State:

$14,149
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,181
State:

$3,700
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.95%
South Carolina:

1.74%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,009
South Carolina:

$20,425
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,550
South Carolina:

$5,506
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.84%
State:

1.62%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,837
State:

$17,205
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,035
State:

$3,548
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

2.70%
South Carolina:

1.63%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,859
State:

$26,173
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,529
State:

$6,231
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

5.08%
State:

1.89%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,091
State:

$30,946
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,567
South Carolina:

$7,657
Number of discharges: 35
This Hospital:

3.78%
State:

2.15%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,163
State:

$19,353
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,066
South Carolina:

$4,645
Number of discharges: 47
Here:

5.08%
State:

1.57%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,542
South Carolina:

$21,337
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,895
South Carolina:

$5,568
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.41%
South Carolina:

0.78%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,555
South Carolina:

$20,337
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,012
State:

$4,791
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

4.76%
South Carolina:

3.29%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,566
State:

$24,170
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,361
State:

$6,618
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.84%
South Carolina:

2.16%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,393
South Carolina:

$23,914
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,728
State:

$6,628
Number of discharges: 44
Here:

4.76%
State:

3.17%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,032
South Carolina:

$37,308
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,288
South Carolina:

$9,856
Number of discharges: 51
This Hospital:

5.51%
State:

2.62%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,421
South Carolina:

$16,336
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,883
State:

$4,366
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.73%
State:

1.39%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,242
South Carolina:

$51,948
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,390
South Carolina:

$11,885
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.62%
South Carolina:

1.18%
Hypertension without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,843
State:

$17,085
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,434
South Carolina:

$3,988
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.73%
South Carolina:

0.43%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,754
State:

$28,774
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,103
South Carolina:

$7,460
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.30%
South Carolina:

1.67%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,269
State:

$30,398
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,807
State:

$7,856
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

2.16%
State:

1.08%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,858
State:

$19,506
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,392
State:

$5,031
Number of discharges: 79
Here:

8.54%
State:

3.05%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$51,102
South Carolina:

$57,557
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,671
State:

$13,651
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

2.92%
South Carolina:

6.17%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$19,134
State:

$17,940
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,829
State:

$4,582
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

2.16%
South Carolina:

2.35%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,823
South Carolina:

$18,881
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,449
State:

$4,235
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.51%
State:

0.40%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,205
State:

$31,366
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,179
State:

$8,274
Number of discharges: 43
This Hospital:

4.65%
State:

1.64%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,346
State:

$20,284
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,402
South Carolina:

$5,535
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.73%
South Carolina:

1.62%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,999
South Carolina:

$24,367
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,598
South Carolina:

$6,649
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

4.43%
State:

2.67%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,307
South Carolina:

$37,409
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,696
South Carolina:

$10,896
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.95%
State:

1.70%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$48,766
South Carolina:

$52,031
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,102
State:

$13,931
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.30%
South Carolina:

1.06%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$44,675
South Carolina:

$47,649
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,038
South Carolina:

$12,850
Number of discharges: 48
Here:

5.19%
State:

4.32%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$27,165
South Carolina:

$27,108
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,140
South Carolina:

$7,377
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.51%
State:

1.76%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$25,470
South Carolina:

$28,571
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,665
South Carolina:

$6,534
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

2.05%
State:

2.56%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$33,915
South Carolina:

$41,412
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,903
South Carolina:

$9,697
Number of discharges: 50
Here:

5.41%
South Carolina:

2.05%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,374
South Carolina:

$19,190
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,965
South Carolina:

$4,561
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.62%
South Carolina:

1.17%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,957
South Carolina:

$19,835
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,014
South Carolina:

$4,648
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.84%
South Carolina:

1.67%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

7.100%
State:

8.135%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.016%
State:

0.132%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.014%
South Carolina:

0.030%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

8.300%
South Carolina:

5.834%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

6
State:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

94.0%
South Carolina:

97.4%

Heart Failure

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

99.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

82.0%
South Carolina:

92.5%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Pneumonia

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

98.0%
South Carolina:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

92.0%
South Carolina:

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

98.0%
South Carolina:

97.3%

Children's Asthma

Percent of Children Who Received Reliever Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

100.0%
Percent of Children Who Received Systemic Corticosteroid Medication While Hospitalized for Asthma
This Hospital:

93.0%
South Carolina:

98.2%
Percent of Children and their Caregivers Who Received a Home Management Plan of Care Document While Hospitalized for Asthma
Here:

81.0%
South Carolina:

93.9%

Surgery

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

94.0%
South Carolina:

98.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

98.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

98.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

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

100.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
State:

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

88.0%
South Carolina:

95.2%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

97.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

14.6%
South Carolina:

15.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

10.9%
State:

11.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

13.6%
South Carolina:

12.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

26.4%
State:

23.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.3%
South Carolina:

18.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

1.038%
South Carolina:

0.649%
Severe pressure sores (bed sores)
This Hospital:

1.038%
South Carolina:

0.370%

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