BUCKS COUNTY SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - BENSALEM, PA

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Addresss:
3300 TILLMAN DRIVE
BENSALEM, PA, 19020
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (215) 244-7400

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: No

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Process of Care

Surgery

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

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
State:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.5%
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%
State:

98.0%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

100.0%
State:

98.6%
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%
Pennsylvania:

95.6%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

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

100.0%
State:

95.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

95.7%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Pennsylvania:

99.8%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 68%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

9%
Pennsylvania:

18%
Always
Here:

89%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Pennsylvania:

5%
Usually
Here:

9%
Pennsylvania:

16%
Always
Here:

86%
State:

79%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Pennsylvania:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

7%
State:

26%
Always
This Hospital:

90%
Pennsylvania:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

13%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

80%
Pennsylvania:

69%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
State:

21%
Usually
Here:

11%
Pennsylvania:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

75%
Pennsylvania:

60%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

10%
Pennsylvania:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

84%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
Pennsylvania:

14%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
State:

34%
Always
Here:

81%
State:

52%

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

Yes
Here:

89%
State:

83%
No
This Hospital:

11%
State:

17%

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

6 or lower
Here:

4%
Pennsylvania:

10%
7 or 8
Here:

9%
State:

24%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

87%
State:

66%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

2%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
Here:

10%
State:

28%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

88%
State:

67%

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

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

$48,953
Pennsylvania:

$51,015
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,545
Pennsylvania:

$13,679
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

100.00%
State:

5.31%

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