METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER - NEW YORK, NY

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METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER
1901 FIRST AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY, 10029

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (212) 423-7554

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Chemotherapy Services
Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Gerontological Specialty Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
ICU - Pediatric Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitation (Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Optometric Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Outppatient Psychiatric Services
Pediatric 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 : 64.40
Registered Professional Nurses : 396.70
Other Salaried Personnel : 1426.80
Dieticians : 17.00
Occupational Therapists : 10.00
Physical Therapists : 19.80
Registered Pharmacists : 45.60
Respiratory Therapists : 21.10
Physicians : 1.10
Medical Social Workers : 71.10
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 95.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 2.60
Nurse Practitioners: 6.50
Residents (Physicians) : 174.80
Psychologists : 5.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 574
Total Certified: 574
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 122
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 20

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $1,844

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $3,815

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $16,712

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $1,531

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $3,095

Heart failure and shock w CC: $2,135

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $1,538

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $2,762

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $2,068

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,165

Diabetes w MCC: $2,882

Chest Pain: $1,127

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $71,994

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,089

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $4,252

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $5,488

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $2,215

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $2,045

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $20,688

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $10,953

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $2,969

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $28,068

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $1,989

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $13,907

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $6,665

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $4,256

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $24,628

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $5,194

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $6,493

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $3,949

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $7,809

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $31,455

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $2,775

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $5,873

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $4,576

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $1,341

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $6,667

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.596%
New York:	0.417%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	0.280%
New York:	0.153%

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

This Hospital:	0.054%
State:	0.034%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 19%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	14%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	24%
New York:	21%

Always

Here:	62%
New York:	71%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	75%
State:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	21%
State:	16%

Usually

This Hospital:	31%
State:	28%

Always

This Hospital:	48%
State:	56%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	33%
State:	25%

Always

Here:	52%
State:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	29%
New York:	25%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	53%
New York:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
State:	11%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
State:	23%

Always

Here:	59%
State:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	18%
New York:	18%

Usually

This Hospital:	34%
State:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	48%
State:	48%

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

Yes

Here:	83%
New York:	80%

Here:	17%
New York:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	11%
New York:	12%

7 or 8

Here:	27%
State:	29%

9 or 10

Here:	62%
State:	59%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	6%
New York:	7%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	34%
State:	30%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	60%
State:	63%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	97.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.5%

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

Here:	100.0%
New York:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
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:	82
State:	12

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
New York:	96.3%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	98.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	94.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	83.0%
New York:	89.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.2%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	92.8%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
New York:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
New York:	97.7%

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

Here:	100.0%
New York:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
New York:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	92.0%
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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	96.3%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	93.9%

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

Here:	94.0%
New York:	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:	99.0%
New York:	93.8%

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	95.4%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	89.8%

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

Here:	94.0%
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:	94.0%
New York:	91.6%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.2%
State:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.1%
State:	10.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	10.6%
State:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	27.0%
State:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	19.4%
State:	19.6%

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