KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER - BROOKLYN, NY

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KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER
451 CLARKSON AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NY, 11203

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (718) 245-3901

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental 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
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Optometric Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 114.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 874.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 2761.40
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 2.00
Dieticians : 18.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 0.50
Registered Pharmacists : 57.00
Respiratory Therapists : 32.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 397.17
Medical Social Workers : 19.00
Physician Assistants : 17.00
Residents (Physicians) : 413.50

Number Of Beds

Total: 1477
Total Certified: 1477
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 266
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 29

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	98.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
New York:	98.5%

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

Here:	89.0%
New York:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	98.0%
New York:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	12
New York:	12

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

Here:	129
New York:	82

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

Here:	100.0%
New York:	96.3%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	98.6%

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

Here:	98.0%
New York:	94.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	69.0%
State:	89.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	96.0%
State:	98.2%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	91.0%
State:	92.8%

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

Here:	92.0%
New York:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	97.7%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
New York:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	86.0%
New York:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	91.0%
New York:	91.8%

Surgery

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

Here:	99.0%
New York:	96.3%

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

Here:	88.0%
New York:	93.9%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.9%

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%
New York:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	95.4%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	93.7%

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%
New York:	99.6%

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

Here:	68.0%
New York:	89.8%

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
State:	91.9%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	91.6%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	16.0%
State:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	9.9%
State:	10.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	11.5%
State:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.1%
New York:	21.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	32.0%
New York:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	24.4%
New York:	19.6%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $1,891

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $13,375

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $16,058

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $1,570

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,783

Heart failure and shock w CC: $2,190

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $1,578

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $2,834

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $2,122

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $18,838

Diabetes w MCC: $17,908

Chest Pain: $1,156

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $10,063

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $25,193

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $14,911

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $19,195

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $21,704

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $47,575

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $7,311

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $4,930

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $21,351

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $5,566

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $10,246

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $3,021

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $14,687

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $58,116

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $5,673

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $12,359

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $26,445

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $25,502

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $40,872

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $18,131

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $43,103

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $25,592

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $5,494

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $28,769

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $8,429

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $1,835

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.282%
New York:	0.317%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.846%
New York:	0.590%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.282%
New York:	0.417%

Catheter-Associated UTI

This Hospital:	0.282%
New York:	0.291%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

This Hospital:	0.282%
State:	0.067%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 24%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
New York:	21%

Always

Here:	67%
New York:	71%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
New York:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
New York:	18%

Always

Here:	78%
State:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	30%
State:	16%

Usually

Here:	25%
State:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	45%
New York:	56%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	18%
New York:	10%

Usually

Here:	23%
New York:	25%

Always

Here:	59%
New York:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	24%
New York:	25%

Usually

Here:	15%
New York:	19%

Always

Here:	61%
State:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	11%
New York:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
New York:	23%

Always

Here:	74%
New York:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
New York:	18%

Usually

Here:	24%
New York:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	59%
State:	48%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	79%
State:	80%

This Hospital:	21%
State:	20%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	13%
State:	12%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	30%
New York:	29%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	57%
State:	59%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	8%
State:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	29%
State:	30%

Yes, definitely

Here:	63%
State:	63%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	0.263%
New York:	0.153%

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

This Hospital:	0.256%
New York:	0.034%

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