VAN WERT COUNTY HOSPITAL - VAN WERT, OH

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Addresss:
1250 S WASHINGTON STREET
VAN WERT, OH, 45891
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (419) 238-8627

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 4.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 81.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 199.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 3.00
Respiratory Therapists : 1.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 120
Total Certified: 120

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory 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
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: 39%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
State:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Ohio:

17%
Always
Here:

79%
Ohio:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
Ohio:

16%
Always
Here:

81%
State:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Ohio:

8%
Usually
Here:

21%
State:

25%
Always
Here:

74%
Ohio:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

6%
Usually
Here:

28%
State:

24%
Always
Here:

69%
State:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

18%
State:

20%
Usually
Here:

19%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

63%
Ohio:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Ohio:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Ohio:

19%
Always
Here:

80%
Ohio:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

11%
Usually
This Hospital:

35%
State:

32%
Always
This Hospital:

60%
State:

57%

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

Yes
Here:

88%
State:

85%
No
This Hospital:

12%
State:

15%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

4%
State:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

26%
State:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

70%
Ohio:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
State:

4%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

36%
State:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

60%
State:

71%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.785%
Ohio:

0.740%

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

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

$11,349
Ohio:

$17,343
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,011
State:

$5,360
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

4.20%
State:

1.61%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,144
Ohio:

$14,248
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,059
Ohio:

$5,264
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

4.20%
Ohio:

2.07%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,880
State:

$18,588
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,490
Ohio:

$6,116
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

8.40%
State:

2.58%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,761
Ohio:

$23,243
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,881
Ohio:

$7,305
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

6.49%
State:

2.57%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,388
Ohio:

$15,976
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,268
State:

$4,676
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

6.11%
State:

3.54%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,702
Ohio:

$21,460
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,289
Ohio:

$6,445
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

7.63%
Ohio:

1.96%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,378
Ohio:

$20,118
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,258
Ohio:

$6,456
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

5.34%
State:

3.25%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,755
Ohio:

$30,968
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,228
State:

$9,501
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

6.49%
Ohio:

2.81%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$38,004
Ohio:

$43,077
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$17,179
State:

$13,260
Number of discharges: 47
This Hospital:

17.94%
Ohio:

5.47%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,907
Ohio:

$27,367
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,886
Ohio:

$8,324
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

4.96%
Ohio:

1.62%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$21,638
Ohio:

$39,192
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,507
Ohio:

$12,220
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

6.87%
Ohio:

3.71%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,618
State:

$18,745
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,417
State:

$6,275
Number of discharges: 33
This Hospital:

12.60%
State:

2.85%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,156
State:

$29,030
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,194
State:

$9,075
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

8.78%
Ohio:

2.14%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

15
Ohio:

7
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
Here:

64
Ohio:

63
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

97.0%
State:

96.0%

Heart Failure

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

91.0%
State:

99.5%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

94.0%
Ohio:

94.0%

Pneumonia

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

100.0%
Ohio:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

97.0%
Ohio:

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

69.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Ohio:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

89.0%
Ohio:

94.8%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

93.0%
State:

96.7%

Surgery

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

100.0%
Ohio:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

99.0%
State:

97.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

98.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

97.0%
State:

97.1%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

97.0%
Ohio:

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:

100.0%
Ohio:

94.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

100.0%
Ohio:

97.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

97.0%
State:

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

95.0%
Ohio:

96.3%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Ohio:

99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.5%
State:

15.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

12.3%
Ohio:

11.2%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

12.6%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

19.6%
Ohio:

19.9%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.0%
State:

25.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.0%
Ohio:

19.0%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

4.300%
Ohio:

8.691%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.493%
State:

0.119%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.075%
State:

0.024%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

5.100%
Ohio:

5.607%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

5.900%
Ohio:

2.782%

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