ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH - DULUTH, MN

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Addresss:
502 EAST SECOND STREET
DULUTH, MN, 55805
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (218) 786-2629

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: No
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 66.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 117.25
Other Salaried Personnel : 399.50
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 11.50
Dieticians : 3.00
Occupational Therapists : 0.50
Registered Pharmacists : 5.50
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 11.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 165
Total Certified: 165
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 43
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 44

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Burn Care Unit Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant 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

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

Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,080
State:

$15,700
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,526
State:

$5,990
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

2.29%
Minnesota:

1.78%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$16,200
State:

$26,352
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,491
Minnesota:

$9,054
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

2.87%
Minnesota:

0.61%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$7,284
Minnesota:

$14,428
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,068
Minnesota:

$5,431
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

2.49%
State:

2.35%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,589
Minnesota:

$22,430
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,916
Minnesota:

$8,761
Number of discharges: 38
This Hospital:

7.27%
Minnesota:

0.77%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,582
State:

$41,701
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,393
Minnesota:

$15,029
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

2.29%
Minnesota:

0.67%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,183
State:

$16,501
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,861
State:

$5,039
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

2.68%
Minnesota:

0.57%
Psychoses
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,301
Minnesota:

$30,107
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,126
State:

$8,171
Number of discharges: 375
Here:

71.70%
Minnesota:

3.12%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$14,546
State:

$19,713
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,566
Minnesota:

$7,345
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.87%
State:

1.93%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,278
Minnesota:

$38,306
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,568
State:

$13,889
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

2.87%
State:

3.98%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,254
State:

$16,939
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,330
Minnesota:

$7,101
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

2.68%
Minnesota:

3.04%

Process of Care

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

96.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

82.0%
Minnesota:

93.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Minnesota:

94.9%

Surgery

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

99.0%
Minnesota:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

97.0%
Minnesota:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

97.0%
Minnesota:

97.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

96.7%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Minnesota:

99.8%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

67.0%
Minnesota:

92.7%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

92.0%
Minnesota:

95.2%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
Here:

93.0%
State:

94.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
Here:

95.0%
Minnesota:

96.8%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

99.0%
State:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

11.4%
State:

11.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.6%
State:

18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

1.276%
State:

0.732%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
Here:

0.425%
Minnesota:

0.423%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Minnesota:

18%
Always
Here:

75%
State:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

13%
Minnesota:

14%
Always
Here:

82%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

10%
Minnesota:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

65%
Minnesota:

72%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

29%
Minnesota:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

62%
Minnesota:

70%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

22%
Minnesota:

16%
Usually
Here:

17%
Minnesota:

20%
Always
This Hospital:

61%
State:

64%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
Minnesota:

6%
Usually
Here:

25%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
State:

76%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

14%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

40%
Minnesota:

30%
Always
This Hospital:

46%
State:

63%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

87%
Minnesota:

86%
No
Here:

13%
State:

14%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

10%
State:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

21%
State:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

69%
State:

72%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

8%
Minnesota:

3%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

23%
Minnesota:

24%
Yes, definitely
Here:

69%
State:

73%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

26.600%
Minnesota:

48.041%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
Here:

5.300%
State:

6.118%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.044%
Minnesota:

0.072%

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