GULF COAST MEDICAL CENTER - WHARTON, TX

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GULF COAST MEDICAL CENTER
10141 US 59 NORTH
WHARTON, TX, 77488

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (979) 532-2500

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 24.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 122.00
Dieticians : 2.00
Registered Pharmacists : 5.00
Respiratory Therapists : 10.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 201
Total Certified: 169

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	0.275%
State:	0.316%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 21%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	71%
State:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
State:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	83%
Texas:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	11%
State:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	25%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	64%
Texas:	65%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
Texas:	7%

Usually

Here:	18%
Texas:	22%

Always

Here:	74%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	24%
State:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	57%
Texas:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
Texas:	9%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	64%
State:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Texas:	8%

Usually

Here:	28%
State:	26%

Always

Here:	67%
State:	66%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	78%
State:	82%

This Hospital:	22%
State:	18%

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

6 or lower

Here:	11%
Texas:	9%

7 or 8

Here:	32%
Texas:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	57%
Texas:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	7%
Texas:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	39%
Texas:	23%

Yes, definitely

Here:	54%
State:	71%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

This Hospital:	2.985%
State:	0.091%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	1.590%
Texas:	0.585%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	1.590%
State:	0.207%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,098

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $6,148

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $3,837

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,423

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,944

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,168

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,444

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,982

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,977

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,776

Diabetes w MCC: $8,328

Chest Pain: $3,255

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $30,604

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,287

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,857

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,900

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,170

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,112

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $21,868

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,910

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,588

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,938

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,675

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $31,649

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,298

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $20,154

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $18,763

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,715

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,223

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,874

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,850

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,000

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,168

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	75.0%
Texas:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.9%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.0%

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

Here:	20
State:	9

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

Here:	70
State:	204

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

This Hospital:	30
State:	39

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

Here:	97.0%
Texas:	94.2%

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival

This Hospital:	100
Texas:	46

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Texas:	97.5%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	96.0%
Texas:	89.5%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Texas:	98.5%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	100.0%
Texas:	95.0%

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
Texas:	95.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.9%

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

This Hospital:	85.0%
State:	90.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	76.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	97.0%
Texas:	93.7%

Surgery

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

Here:	100.0%
Texas:	96.9%

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	93.7%

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

Here:	96.0%
Texas:	97.4%

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

Here:	78.0%
Texas:	90.8%

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

This Hospital:	78.0%
Texas:	92.8%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	99.6%

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

Here:	83.0%
Texas:	88.5%

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

Here:	84.0%
State:	92.3%

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

Here:	99.0%
Texas:	92.8%

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

Here:	82.0%
State:	93.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	16.4%
Texas:	16.1%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	9.4%
State:	10.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	10.2%
Texas:	11.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	19.1%
State:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	21.9%
Texas:	24.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.3%
State:	17.7%

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