AMERICAN LEGION HOSPITAL - CROWLEY, LA

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Addresss:
1305 CROWLEY RAYNE HIGHWAY
CROWLEY, LA, 70526
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (337) 783-3222

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 50.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 65.75
Other Salaried Personnel : 212.75
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 3.00
Respiratory Therapists : 9.00
Physicians : 5.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.75

Number Of Beds
Total: 178
Total Certified: 178
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 38

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Use of Medical Imaging

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

4.700%
State:

8.157%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.758%
Louisiana:

0.309%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.424%
Louisiana:

0.092%

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

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

$3,611
State:

$11,957
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,142
State:

$3,525
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.38%
State:

1.75%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$5,506
Louisiana:

$17,074
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,622
Louisiana:

$5,195
Number of discharges: 41
Here:

5.15%
Louisiana:

2.37%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$3,628
State:

$14,727
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,053
Louisiana:

$3,579
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.88%
Louisiana:

1.32%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$5,997
State:

$22,169
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,321
Louisiana:

$5,961
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

3.39%
Louisiana:

2.01%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$7,521
Louisiana:

$30,887
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,533
State:

$7,375
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

2.14%
Louisiana:

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

$4,914
Louisiana:

$15,410
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,008
Louisiana:

$4,526
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

3.52%
State:

1.96%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$4,191
Louisiana:

$18,472
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,428
State:

$5,270
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

1.38%
State:

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

$5,344
Louisiana:

$17,465
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,987
State:

$4,542
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

3.27%
State:

3.45%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,012
State:

$23,952
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,704
Louisiana:

$6,368
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

2.39%
Louisiana:

1.80%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$6,733
Louisiana:

$16,470
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,270
Louisiana:

$4,439
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.63%
Louisiana:

0.65%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,290
State:

$20,638
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,499
State:

$6,262
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

3.27%
Louisiana:

4.02%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,766
State:

$34,212
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,756
Louisiana:

$9,181
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

4.02%
State:

3.07%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$4,735
State:

$13,296
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,733
Louisiana:

$4,242
Number of discharges: 32
This Hospital:

4.02%
State:

2.07%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,407
State:

$26,393
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,228
State:

$7,158
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.63%
Louisiana:

1.56%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,503
State:

$26,802
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,460
State:

$7,334
Number of discharges: 27
Here:

3.39%
Louisiana:

1.32%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$6,319
State:

$16,881
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,338
State:

$4,786
Number of discharges: 64
Here:

8.04%
State:

4.16%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,457
Louisiana:

$48,840
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,306
Louisiana:

$13,051
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

2.14%
Louisiana:

4.93%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$4,255
State:

$13,945
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,771
Louisiana:

$4,247
Number of discharges: 72
Here:

9.05%
Louisiana:

2.82%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$4,716
Louisiana:

$15,539
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,417
Louisiana:

$5,075
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

4.90%
State:

2.33%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,547
Louisiana:

$22,786
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,821
State:

$6,275
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

3.89%
Louisiana:

2.48%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$11,844
State:

$34,569
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,207
State:

$10,222
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

2.64%
Louisiana:

1.75%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,567
State:

$55,174
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,563
Louisiana:

$14,638
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.88%
State:

1.12%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,886
Louisiana:

$43,898
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,415
State:

$11,975
Number of discharges: 45
Here:

5.65%
State:

4.23%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$6,342
Louisiana:

$23,723
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,330
State:

$7,106
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

2.26%
State:

1.70%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,424
State:

$23,889
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,560
Louisiana:

$6,196
Number of discharges: 88
This Hospital:

11.06%
Louisiana:

3.35%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,644
Louisiana:

$39,349
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,749
State:

$9,135
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.63%
Louisiana:

1.73%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$5,862
Louisiana:

$16,578
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,908
Louisiana:

$4,361
Number of discharges: 35
This Hospital:

4.40%
Louisiana:

1.62%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

18
Louisiana:

12
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

94.5%

Heart Failure

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

95.0%
Louisiana:

97.3%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

67.0%
State:

95.0%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

88.0%
Louisiana:

90.9%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

99.3%

Pneumonia

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

87.0%
Louisiana:

95.1%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

94.0%
Louisiana:

96.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

81.0%
Louisiana:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

82.0%
State:

92.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

68.0%
State:

90.7%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

92.0%
State:

93.5%

Surgery

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

81.0%
State:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
Here:

77.0%
Louisiana:

95.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

72.0%
State:

97.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

85.0%
Louisiana:

95.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

85.0%
State:

96.5%
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%
Louisiana:

99.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

81.0%
Louisiana:

92.3%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

94.0%
State:

95.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

95.0%
State:

95.5%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

86.0%
State:

96.1%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.7%
State:

11.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

15.7%
State:

12.5%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.3%
State:

25.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

17.5%
Louisiana:

18.7%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 20%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Louisiana:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Louisiana:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
State:

82%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Louisiana:

3%
Usually
Here:

9%
State:

11%
Always
This Hospital:

88%
State:

86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

17%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

25%
State:

20%
Always
Here:

58%
Louisiana:

70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

24%
Louisiana:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

67%
State:

75%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

24%
Louisiana:

17%
Usually
Here:

18%
State:

15%
Always
Here:

58%
State:

68%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

19%
Louisiana:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
Louisiana:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

12%
Louisiana:

6%
Usually
Here:

23%
State:

21%
Always
Here:

65%
State:

73%

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

Yes
Here:

76%
Louisiana:

83%
No
Here:

24%
Louisiana:

17%

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

6 or lower
Here:

16%
Louisiana:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

29%
Louisiana:

18%
9 or 10
Here:

55%
Louisiana:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

9%
State:

4%
Yes, probably
Here:

40%
Louisiana:

21%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

51%
State:

75%

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