MORTON HOSPITAL - TAUNTON, MA

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Address

88 WASHINGTON STREET
TAUNTON, MA, 02780

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (508) 828-7000

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

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

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,087
State:	$18,228

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,234
Massachusetts:	$8,884

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.75%
State:	0.63%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,779
State:	$24,260

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,368
Massachusetts:	$13,664

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.86%
Massachusetts:	1.01%

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,114
State:	$13,345

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,358
Massachusetts:	$6,153

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.53%
State:	0.38%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,426
State:	$8,093

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,301
State:	$5,182

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.78%
Massachusetts:	1.55%

Atherosclerosis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,860
Massachusetts:	$9,468

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,995
State:	$4,509

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.25%
State:	0.53%

Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,589
State:	$11,891

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,641
Massachusetts:	$6,592

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.64%
State:	0.60%

Bronchitis and Asthma without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$5,812
State:	$9,205

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,167
Massachusetts:	$5,274

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.75%
Massachusetts:	0.38%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,728
State:	$12,625

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,702
Massachusetts:	$6,629

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.89%
State:	1.66%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,713
Massachusetts:	$18,415

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,456
Massachusetts:	$9,696

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.53%
Massachusetts:	1.00%

Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,173
State:	$9,061

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,910
Massachusetts:	$4,421

Percent of discharges

Here:	2.89%
Massachusetts:	1.61%

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,382
State:	$11,351

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,683
State:	$6,458

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.14%
Massachusetts:	2.40%

Chest Pain

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,733
State:	$9,185

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,768
Massachusetts:	$4,239

Percent of discharges

Here:	2.96%
State:	2.24%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,744
Massachusetts:	$12,798

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,460
Massachusetts:	$7,244

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	3.46%
State:	2.28%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,608
Massachusetts:	$16,231

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,602
Massachusetts:	$8,802

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.32%
State:	2.26%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,139
State:	$9,969

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,943
State:	$5,450

Percent of discharges

Here:	3.53%
Massachusetts:	1.72%

Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,078
Massachusetts:	$16,358

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,850
Massachusetts:	$7,647

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.50%
Massachusetts:	0.55%

Diabetes with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,586
Massachusetts:	$12,197

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,655
State:	$6,605

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.68%
Massachusetts:	0.69%

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,905
State:	$17,358

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,914
State:	$8,510

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.61%
Massachusetts:	0.42%

Dysequilibrium

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,932
Massachusetts:	$11,223

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,379
Massachusetts:	$4,966

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.64%
State:	0.61%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,917
State:	$12,124

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,916
Massachusetts:	$5,687

Percent of discharges

Here:	3.78%
State:	4.36%

Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,893
Massachusetts:	$10,973

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,502
Massachusetts:	$5,256

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.46%
Massachusetts:	0.42%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,457
State:	$11,257

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,806
State:	$5,486

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.61%
State:	0.71%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,783
State:	$17,305

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,899
State:	$8,001

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.50%
State:	2.01%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$5,554
Massachusetts:	$11,898

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,896
State:	$5,640

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.89%
State:	0.48%

G.I. Obstruction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,330
Massachusetts:	$15,067

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,404
State:	$7,402

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.53%
State:	0.72%

G.I. Obstruction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$5,780
State:	$11,121

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,428
Massachusetts:	$5,063

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.64%
State:	0.52%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$8,704
State:	$15,544

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,805
State:	$7,997

Percent of discharges

Here:	4.24%
State:	3.29%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,501
State:	$20,800

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,598
State:	$11,374

Percent of discharges

Here:	2.32%
State:	2.49%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,688
State:	$11,002

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,557
State:	$5,276

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.71%
Massachusetts:	1.40%

Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,587
Massachusetts:	$34,898

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,857
Massachusetts:	$14,569

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.86%
Massachusetts:	0.99%

Hypertension without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,231
Massachusetts:	$11,253

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,177
Massachusetts:	$5,090

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.46%
Massachusetts:	0.32%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,690
Massachusetts:	$21,398

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,328
State:	$9,714

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.86%
State:	1.28%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,707
State:	$17,699

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,497
Massachusetts:	$6,528

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.86%
Massachusetts:	0.70%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,239
Massachusetts:	$15,868

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,068
State:	$8,932

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.64%
State:	1.16%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,630
State:	$11,735

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,152
State:	$5,950

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.99%
State:	3.33%

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.D.E. without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,414
State:	$20,496

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,017
State:	$9,123

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.61%
State:	0.22%

Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,481
Massachusetts:	$17,258

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,916
Massachusetts:	$9,740

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.53%
Massachusetts:	0.61%

Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,732
Massachusetts:	$34,815

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$14,473
State:	$16,169

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	4.60%
Massachusetts:	5.05%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,809
Massachusetts:	$47,736

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$16,833
Massachusetts:	$20,782

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.53%
Massachusetts:	0.73%

Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$32,585
State:	$89,293

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$33,156
Massachusetts:	$41,855

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.39%
State:	0.44%

Medical Back Problems without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,552
Massachusetts:	$13,283

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,570
Massachusetts:	$6,375

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.03%
State:	1.27%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,141
State:	$17,371

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,461
Massachusetts:	$9,228

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.75%
Massachusetts:	0.65%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,247
Massachusetts:	$11,032

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,699
State:	$5,408

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	2.17%
State:	2.34%

Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$14,408
Massachusetts:	$32,993

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,996
State:	$15,874

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.61%
Massachusetts:	0.51%

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,967
Massachusetts:	$16,291

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,809
State:	$8,089

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.74%

Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,616
State:	$17,038

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,723
State:	$8,221

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.71%
State:	0.37%

Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$5,834
State:	$15,504

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,380
State:	$7,834

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.53%
Massachusetts:	0.53%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$24,314
State:	$50,350

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$17,814
Massachusetts:	$21,721

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.43%
Massachusetts:	0.37%

Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$21,070
State:	$38,334

Average Total Payments

Here:	$13,908
State:	$16,807

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.64%
Massachusetts:	0.35%

Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,668
Massachusetts:	$11,310

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,298
Massachusetts:	$5,178

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.75%
Massachusetts:	0.57%

Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,373
State:	$18,051

Average Total Payments

Here:	$8,777
Massachusetts:	$9,910

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.18%
Massachusetts:	1.08%

Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,219
State:	$18,441

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,924
State:	$8,312

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.39%
State:	0.46%

Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,267
Massachusetts:	$19,676

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,594
State:	$10,196

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.68%
Massachusetts:	0.28%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$6,960
Massachusetts:	$12,727

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,424
State:	$6,341

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.96%
State:	1.15%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,232
State:	$14,101

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,711
State:	$7,793

Percent of discharges

Here:	3.46%
Massachusetts:	2.19%

Renal Failure with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,461
Massachusetts:	$22,295

Average Total Payments

Here:	$10,954
Massachusetts:	$12,764

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.35%
State:	1.23%

Renal Failure without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,003
State:	$10,608

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,514
Massachusetts:	$5,236

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.61%
Massachusetts:	0.34%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,819
Massachusetts:	$20,284

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,504
State:	$10,835

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.28%
State:	1.09%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$15,837
State:	$26,638

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$13,284
Massachusetts:	$15,116

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.89%
State:	1.06%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support 96+ Hours

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$31,481
State:	$96,443

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$31,831
State:	$44,222

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.46%
Massachusetts:	0.26%

Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$18,240
State:	$39,531

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$15,222
State:	$18,650

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	1.18%
Massachusetts:	0.77%

Seizures without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$5,710
State:	$14,164

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,908
Massachusetts:	$6,348

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.68%
State:	0.94%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,121
Massachusetts:	$27,269

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$12,435
Massachusetts:	$14,585

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	3.35%
State:	3.66%

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

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,780
State:	$16,201

Average Total Payments

Here:	$7,266
Massachusetts:	$8,660

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.78%
State:	1.16%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,148
State:	$11,667

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,530
State:	$5,423

Percent of discharges

Here:	0.75%
State:	0.80%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,569
State:	$14,686

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,593
State:	$7,667

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	3.21%
State:	3.03%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,830
State:	$20,722

Average Total Payments

Here:	$9,802
Massachusetts:	$11,062

Percent of discharges

Here:	1.57%
State:	1.66%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$6,454
State:	$10,334

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,794
State:	$5,319

Percent of discharges

Here:	2.10%
Massachusetts:	1.20%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$7,300
Massachusetts:	$10,915

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,937
Massachusetts:	$5,557

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	3.28%
State:	2.83%

Transient Ischemia

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$7,946
Massachusetts:	$13,501

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,011
State:	$5,542

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	0.82%
Massachusetts:	0.97%

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health 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
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient 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 : 31.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 275.25
Other Salaried Personnel : 5017.50
Dieticians : 0.50
Occupational Therapists : 4.25
Physical Therapists : 8.25
Registered Pharmacists : 5.00
Respiratory Therapists : 9.50
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 52.50
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 5.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 131
Total Certified: 131
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 13

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	98.0%
State:	99.7%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	99.6%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	97.0%
State:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	14
State:	9

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

This Hospital:	80
State:	62

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.2%

Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge

This Hospital:	90.0%
State:	98.2%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	99.4%

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

Here:	94.0%
Massachusetts:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	94.0%
Massachusetts:	94.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	98.7%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
Massachusetts:	96.6%

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

Here:	99.0%
Massachusetts:	96.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.7%

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

Here:	96.0%
Massachusetts:	96.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	95.1%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	95.0%
Massachusetts:	96.2%

Surgery

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

Here:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	98.3%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	97.5%

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

Here:	99.0%
Massachusetts:	98.8%

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

Here:	95.0%
Massachusetts:	97.8%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Massachusetts:	98.3%

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%
Massachusetts:	99.9%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
Massachusetts:	92.9%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	97.3%

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:	96.2%

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

Here:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	96.5%

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

Here:	100.0%
Massachusetts:	99.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.9%
Massachusetts:	14.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.7%
Massachusetts:	10.4%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.4%
Massachusetts:	10.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.8%
Massachusetts:	20.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	26.4%
State:	25.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	20.0%
State:	19.2%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

Here:	0.125%
State:	0.298%

Infection from a Urinary Catheter

This Hospital:	0.626%
State:	0.513%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	30.400%
Massachusetts:	34.287%

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

This Hospital:	9.300%
Massachusetts:	9.164%

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

This Hospital:	0.055%
Massachusetts:	0.074%

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

This Hospital:	0.008%
State:	0.008%

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

This Hospital:	7.100%
State:	5.508%

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

Here:	1.600%
Massachusetts:	2.235%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Massachusetts:	17%

Always

Here:	75%
State:	78%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
State:	15%

Always

Here:	78%
State:	80%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
Massachusetts:	10%

Usually

Here:	26%
Massachusetts:	26%

Always

Here:	59%
Massachusetts:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	69%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	22%
State:	19%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
Massachusetts:	19%

Always

Here:	60%
Massachusetts:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
Massachusetts:	8%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	69%
State:	73%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	21%
State:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	33%
State:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	46%
State:	51%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	85%
State:	86%

This Hospital:	15%
Massachusetts:	14%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	15%
State:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	35%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	50%
State:	68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	10%
State:	4%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	39%
State:	23%

Yes, definitely

Here:	51%
Massachusetts:	73%

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