CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM (FLORENCE, SC) Detailed Hospital Profile

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

This Hospital:	0.297%
State:	0.649%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

This Hospital:	0.741%
South Carolina:	0.536%

Infection from a Urinary Catheter

Here:	0.222%
State:	0.686%

Severe pressure sores (bed sores)

This Hospital:	0.445%
South Carolina:	0.370%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.

This Hospital:	49.100%
South Carolina:	36.300%

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

This Hospital:	8.600%
State:	8.135%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

This Hospital:	0.312%
South Carolina:	0.132%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.256%
State:	0.030%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

This Hospital:	5.400%
South Carolina:	5.834%

Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time

This Hospital:	4.200%
South Carolina:	2.644%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
South Carolina:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
South Carolina:	99.2%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.1%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
South Carolina:	100.0%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
South Carolina:	97.7%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.4%

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

Here:	99.0%
South Carolina:	97.2%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	98.0%
South Carolina:	92.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
South Carolina:	99.6%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	96.0%
South Carolina:	96.4%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
South Carolina:	97.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.4%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

This Hospital:	89.0%
South Carolina:	95.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.3%

Surgery

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.9%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	97.4%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

This Hospital:	99.0%
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:	97.0%
State:	97.5%

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

Here:	98.0%
South Carolina:	98.2%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
South Carolina:	97.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
South Carolina:	99.9%

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

Here:	93.0%
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:	99.0%
South Carolina:	97.5%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	97.0%

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

Here:	97.0%
South Carolina:	96.4%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	17.9%
State:	15.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.6%
State:	11.9%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	13.3%
South Carolina:	12.7%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	22.4%
South Carolina:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	27.0%
South Carolina:	23.8%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.5%
State:	18.6%

Quality Measures

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	39.8%
South Carolina:	18.1%

Percent of short-stay residents with Pressure ulcers that are new or worsened

Here:	1.1%
State:	1.3%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	93.9%
State:	89.0%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	87.1%
South Carolina:	86.5%

Percent of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	0.7%
State:	2.9%

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$45,085
South Carolina:	$30,945

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,095
South Carolina:	$7,340

Number of discharges: 36

Here:	0.76%
State:	0.59%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$71,771
State:	$45,055

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,382
State:	$11,774

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	0.91%
South Carolina:	0.90%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$40,298
State:	$25,502

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,390
State:	$5,127

Number of discharges: 16

Here:	0.34%
State:	0.36%

Alcohol/Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,757
State:	$22,724

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,020
State:	$4,709

Number of discharges: 74

Here:	1.57%
South Carolina:	0.22%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$25,934
State:	$15,051

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,450
South Carolina:	$3,759

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	0.51%
South Carolina:	0.43%

Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$40,334
South Carolina:	$32,683

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,876
South Carolina:	$6,908

Number of discharges: 64

Here:	1.36%
State:	0.56%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$33,386
State:	$24,015

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,981
State:	$5,536

Number of discharges: 34

This Hospital:	0.72%
South Carolina:	0.48%

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$27,660
State:	$18,394

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,816
South Carolina:	$4,162

Number of discharges: 35

Here:	0.74%
South Carolina:	0.22%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$36,856
State:	$21,305

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,945
South Carolina:	$5,477

Number of discharges: 49

This Hospital:	1.04%
South Carolina:	1.44%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$64,325
South Carolina:	$33,087

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,626
South Carolina:	$8,267

Number of discharges: 24

Here:	0.51%
South Carolina:	0.89%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$23,206
State:	$14,149

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,388
South Carolina:	$3,700

Number of discharges: 76

This Hospital:	1.61%
South Carolina:	1.74%

Cellulitis with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$42,408
State:	$36,917

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,522
State:	$9,618

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	0.36%
South Carolina:	0.16%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,882
State:	$20,425

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,030
State:	$5,506

Number of discharges: 73

This Hospital:	1.55%
State:	1.62%

Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$122,386
State:	$65,103

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,854
State:	$14,247

Number of discharges: 37

This Hospital:	0.79%
State:	0.59%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,636
State:	$17,205

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,257
South Carolina:	$3,548

Number of discharges: 114

This Hospital:	2.42%
South Carolina:	1.63%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$40,871
State:	$26,173

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,970
South Carolina:	$6,231

Number of discharges: 64

This Hospital:	1.36%
State:	1.89%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$43,684
South Carolina:	$30,946

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,999
South Carolina:	$7,657

Number of discharges: 54

This Hospital:	1.15%
State:	2.15%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$31,086
South Carolina:	$19,353

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,279
State:	$4,645

Number of discharges: 81

Here:	1.72%
State:	1.57%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$78,797
South Carolina:	$53,650

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,694
State:	$14,326

Number of discharges: 11

This Hospital:	0.23%
State:	0.35%

Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$46,582
State:	$32,244

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,445
South Carolina:	$7,246

Number of discharges: 95

Here:	2.02%
State:	2.12%

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$39,029
State:	$26,048

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,131
South Carolina:	$6,134

Number of discharges: 13

Here:	0.28%
State:	0.25%

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$30,392
South Carolina:	$24,237

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,546
South Carolina:	$6,345

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.45%
South Carolina:	0.45%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$32,449
State:	$21,337

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,022
South Carolina:	$5,568

Number of discharges: 59

Here:	1.25%
State:	0.78%

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$51,469
South Carolina:	$27,032

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,907
State:	$6,959

Number of discharges: 23

This Hospital:	0.49%
State:	0.37%

Dysequilibrium

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$24,248
South Carolina:	$17,653

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,759
State:	$4,220

Number of discharges: 13

This Hospital:	0.28%
State:	0.11%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$36,379
South Carolina:	$32,846

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,753
South Carolina:	$8,100

Number of discharges: 43

This Hospital:	0.91%
State:	0.55%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$31,387
South Carolina:	$20,337

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,310
State:	$4,791

Number of discharges: 176

This Hospital:	3.74%
South Carolina:	3.29%

Extracranial Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$72,955
South Carolina:	$33,960

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,416
South Carolina:	$6,687

Number of discharges: 43

This Hospital:	0.91%
South Carolina:	0.59%

Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$17,824
State:	$16,040

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,865
State:	$4,364

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	0.23%
South Carolina:	0.33%

Fx, Sprn, Strn and Disl Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$42,343
State:	$22,219

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,106
South Carolina:	$4,696

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	0.38%
State:	0.18%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$42,991
State:	$24,170

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,319
South Carolina:	$6,618

Number of discharges: 44

This Hospital:	0.93%
State:	2.16%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$65,183
South Carolina:	$41,450

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,972
South Carolina:	$11,750

Number of discharges: 27

This Hospital:	0.57%
South Carolina:	0.73%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$31,632
State:	$16,911

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,220
State:	$4,509

Number of discharges: 41

This Hospital:	0.87%
State:	0.48%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$39,452
State:	$25,826

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,618
South Carolina:	$6,196

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	0.59%
South Carolina:	0.66%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$30,379
South Carolina:	$17,931

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,811
State:	$4,187

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	0.59%
South Carolina:	0.52%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$34,824
South Carolina:	$23,914

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,116
State:	$6,628

Number of discharges: 120

This Hospital:	2.55%
South Carolina:	3.17%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$54,089
State:	$37,308

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,871
South Carolina:	$9,856

Number of discharges: 147

This Hospital:	3.12%
State:	2.62%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,486
South Carolina:	$16,336

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,053
State:	$4,366

Number of discharges: 72

This Hospital:	1.53%
State:	1.39%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$98,583
State:	$51,948

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,213
State:	$11,885

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.47%
South Carolina:	1.18%

Hypertension without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$19,081
South Carolina:	$17,085

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,606
State:	$3,988

Number of discharges: 35

This Hospital:	0.74%
South Carolina:	0.43%

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$219,808
South Carolina:	$143,128

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$37,093
State:	$40,096

Number of discharges: 36

Here:	0.76%
South Carolina:	0.49%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$49,203
State:	$28,774

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,287
State:	$7,460

Number of discharges: 68

This Hospital:	1.44%
South Carolina:	1.67%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$76,440
South Carolina:	$48,430

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,195
South Carolina:	$13,435

Number of discharges: 37

Here:	0.79%
South Carolina:	1.00%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$34,107
South Carolina:	$21,829

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,892
State:	$5,374

Number of discharges: 39

Here:	0.83%
State:	0.87%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$45,454
State:	$30,398

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,140
State:	$7,856

Number of discharges: 50

This Hospital:	1.06%
South Carolina:	1.08%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$31,157
South Carolina:	$19,506

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,629
State:	$5,031

Number of discharges: 144

This Hospital:	3.06%
State:	3.05%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$84,815
State:	$52,226

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,827
South Carolina:	$11,210

Number of discharges: 26

Here:	0.55%
State:	0.28%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$63,345
State:	$37,581

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,403
South Carolina:	$7,450

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	0.51%
South Carolina:	0.31%

Major Cardiovasc Procedures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$165,598
South Carolina:	$98,635

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$19,344
State:	$21,021

Number of discharges: 32

Here:	0.68%
State:	0.49%

Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$40,413
South Carolina:	$32,172

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,572
State:	$8,699

Number of discharges: 14

This Hospital:	0.30%
State:	0.29%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$100,722
South Carolina:	$57,557

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,497
South Carolina:	$13,651

Number of discharges: 151

This Hospital:	3.21%
South Carolina:	6.17%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$142,564
State:	$73,080

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,289
South Carolina:	$17,808

Number of discharges: 38

Here:	0.81%
South Carolina:	0.75%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$210,225
State:	$152,247

Average Total Payments

Here:	$31,871
South Carolina:	$41,031

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	0.45%
State:	0.53%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$33,067
South Carolina:	$22,604

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,776
State:	$5,307

Number of discharges: 52

This Hospital:	1.10%
South Carolina:	0.59%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$28,270
State:	$29,017

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,662
State:	$7,652

Number of discharges: 88

Here:	1.87%
South Carolina:	0.96%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,600
State:	$17,940

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,071
State:	$4,582

Number of discharges: 162

Here:	3.44%
State:	2.35%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$49,527
South Carolina:	$26,318

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,673
South Carolina:	$6,637

Number of discharges: 14

Here:	0.30%
State:	0.23%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$67,358
State:	$48,972

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,816
State:	$12,929

Number of discharges: 75

This Hospital:	1.59%
State:	0.75%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$34,445
State:	$27,813

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,847
State:	$6,896

Number of discharges: 23

This Hospital:	0.49%
State:	0.43%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$37,336
South Carolina:	$25,602

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,159
State:	$7,750

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	0.47%
State:	0.28%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$50,562
South Carolina:	$38,758

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,446
South Carolina:	$11,331

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	0.40%
State:	0.27%

Other Vascular Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$112,626
South Carolina:	$71,460

Average Total Payments

Here:	$14,343
South Carolina:	$16,349

Number of discharges: 33

Here:	0.70%
State:	0.38%

Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$111,293
State:	$83,822

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$18,088
South Carolina:	$21,405

Number of discharges: 63

Here:	1.34%
State:	0.45%

Other Vascular Procedures without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$87,726
State:	$48,248

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,631
South Carolina:	$10,871

Number of discharges: 29

Here:	0.62%
State:	0.35%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$102,283
South Carolina:	$70,105

Average Total Payments

Here:	$12,036
State:	$13,527

Number of discharges: 43

Here:	0.91%
South Carolina:	1.72%

Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Non-Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$85,232
South Carolina:	$65,262

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,297
State:	$12,032

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	0.42%
State:	0.37%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$37,350
State:	$22,679

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,724
South Carolina:	$6,274

Number of discharges: 23

Here:	0.49%
South Carolina:	0.50%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$28,434
South Carolina:	$15,006

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,778
South Carolina:	$4,235

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	0.42%
South Carolina:	0.31%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$116,112
South Carolina:	$72,412

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,457
State:	$17,402

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	0.36%
South Carolina:	0.45%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$87,719
State:	$55,331

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,847
South Carolina:	$12,901

Number of discharges: 25

This Hospital:	0.53%
State:	0.47%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$25,872
South Carolina:	$18,881

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,675
State:	$4,235

Number of discharges: 17

This Hospital:	0.36%
South Carolina:	0.40%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$53,914
State:	$31,366

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,661
South Carolina:	$8,274

Number of discharges: 49

Here:	1.04%
South Carolina:	1.64%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$48,752
State:	$27,959

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,454
South Carolina:	$7,002

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	0.62%
South Carolina:	0.57%

Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$51,891
South Carolina:	$32,473

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,918
South Carolina:	$9,285

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	0.45%
South Carolina:	0.39%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$31,721
South Carolina:	$20,284

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,822
State:	$5,535

Number of discharges: 54

This Hospital:	1.15%
South Carolina:	1.62%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$38,210
South Carolina:	$24,367

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,429
State:	$6,649

Number of discharges: 186

This Hospital:	3.95%
South Carolina:	2.67%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$51,910
State:	$37,409

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$9,965
South Carolina:	$10,896

Number of discharges: 67

This Hospital:	1.42%
South Carolina:	1.70%

Renal Failure without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$22,544
State:	$18,359

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,908
State:	$4,138

Number of discharges: 57

This Hospital:	1.21%
State:	0.35%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$56,584
State:	$37,466

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,752
State:	$9,677

Number of discharges: 24

This Hospital:	0.51%
South Carolina:	0.75%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$89,802
South Carolina:	$52,031

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,215
South Carolina:	$13,931

Number of discharges: 36

Here:	0.76%
State:	1.06%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$210,041
South Carolina:	$139,190

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$33,094
South Carolina:	$37,412

Number of discharges: 18

Here:	0.38%
State:	0.42%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$72,477
South Carolina:	$63,979

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,011
State:	$15,389

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	0.62%
South Carolina:	0.96%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$39,447
South Carolina:	$21,496

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,724
State:	$5,183

Number of discharges: 38

This Hospital:	0.81%
State:	0.62%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$183,687
South Carolina:	$158,270

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$33,026
State:	$39,562

Number of discharges: 29

This Hospital:	0.62%
State:	0.23%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$71,907
South Carolina:	$47,649

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$11,450
State:	$12,850

Number of discharges: 134

Here:	2.84%
South Carolina:	4.32%

Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$36,181
State:	$27,108

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,648
South Carolina:	$7,377

Number of discharges: 33

This Hospital:	0.70%
South Carolina:	1.76%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$20,710
South Carolina:	$19,115

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,038
State:	$4,489

Number of discharges: 37

This Hospital:	0.79%
State:	0.71%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$42,481
State:	$28,571

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,989
South Carolina:	$6,534

Number of discharges: 83

This Hospital:	1.76%
State:	2.56%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$53,299
State:	$41,412

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,706
State:	$9,697

Number of discharges: 72

Here:	1.53%
South Carolina:	2.05%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$28,827
State:	$19,190

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,196
State:	$4,561

Number of discharges: 72

Here:	1.53%
State:	1.17%

Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$168,626
South Carolina:	$109,431

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$22,596
State:	$26,848

Number of discharges: 37

Here:	0.79%
South Carolina:	1.27%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$30,891
State:	$19,835

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,473
State:	$4,648

Number of discharges: 105

Here:	2.23%
South Carolina:	1.67%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$31,497
State:	$20,994

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,298
South Carolina:	$4,758

Number of discharges: 71

Here:	1.51%
South Carolina:	1.02%

Complaint Deficiency

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Give or get quality lab services/tests in a timely manner to meet the needs of residents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's room or bathroom and bathing area
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 28%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
South Carolina:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
South Carolina:	15%

Always

This Hospital:	80%
South Carolina:	80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	12%
State:	12%

Always

This Hospital:	84%
South Carolina:	84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
South Carolina:	21%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
South Carolina:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	21%
South Carolina:	19%

Usually

Here:	13%
State:	16%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	11%
South Carolina:	9%

Usually

Here:	20%
South Carolina:	19%

Always

Here:	69%
State:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
South Carolina:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	25%

Always

Here:	74%
State:	67%

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

Yes

Here:	82%
South Carolina:	85%

This Hospital:	18%
State:	15%

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

6 or lower

Here:	5%
State:	8%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	18%
South Carolina:	22%

9 or 10

Here:	77%
State:	70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	2%
South Carolina:	5%

Yes, probably

Here:	19%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	79%
State:	70%

CAROLINAS HOSPITAL SYSTEM - FLORENCE, SC

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Use of Medical Imaging

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

Quality Measures

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

Complaint Deficiency

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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