SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION - SWEETWATER, TN

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Address

304 WRIGHT ST
SWEETWATER, TN, 37874

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (865) 213-8200

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes

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

Cellulitis without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,606
State:	$16,279

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,515
State:	$5,032

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	3.46%
Tennessee:	1.82%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,747
Tennessee:	$19,593

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,140
State:	$5,660

Number of discharges: 21

Here:	3.31%
Tennessee:	2.47%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$17,679
State:	$23,923

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,292
Tennessee:	$7,037

Number of discharges: 37

This Hospital:	5.83%
State:	2.65%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,619
Tennessee:	$14,972

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,876
State:	$4,309

Number of discharges: 27

This Hospital:	4.25%
Tennessee:	2.17%

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,784
State:	$16,359

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,866
Tennessee:	$4,325

Number of discharges: 46

Here:	7.24%
State:	3.25%

G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,168
State:	$20,711

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,246
State:	$6,053

Number of discharges: 19

Here:	2.99%
State:	1.86%

G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,519
Tennessee:	$15,688

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,771
Tennessee:	$4,468

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	1.73%
Tennessee:	0.37%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$11,400
Tennessee:	$19,150

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,421
State:	$6,090

Number of discharges: 21

This Hospital:	3.31%
State:	3.17%

Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$20,671
Tennessee:	$29,962

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,904
State:	$8,869

Number of discharges: 20

This Hospital:	3.15%
State:	2.69%

Heart Failure and Shock without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$8,906
Tennessee:	$14,398

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,638
Tennessee:	$4,108

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	2.99%
State:	1.28%

Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,185
Tennessee:	$25,624

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,003
State:	$6,993

Number of discharges: 22

This Hospital:	3.46%
Tennessee:	1.55%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,590
State:	$15,485

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,192
Tennessee:	$4,583

Number of discharges: 32

Here:	5.04%
Tennessee:	3.34%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$11,296
State:	$14,272

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,685
Tennessee:	$4,148

Number of discharges: 27

Here:	4.25%
Tennessee:	2.15%

Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,210
Tennessee:	$17,917

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,252
Tennessee:	$4,923

Number of discharges: 27

This Hospital:	4.25%
State:	1.25%

Renal Failure with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,800
Tennessee:	$19,625

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,969
State:	$6,067

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	2.36%
State:	2.21%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$28,631
State:	$27,845

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,116
Tennessee:	$8,368

Number of discharges: 67

Here:	10.55%
State:	0.93%

Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$41,018
State:	$40,945

Average Total Payments

Here:	$11,849
Tennessee:	$11,818

Number of discharges: 31

Here:	4.88%
State:	1.09%

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

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$34,755
State:	$38,065

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$10,437
State:	$11,398

Number of discharges: 12

This Hospital:	1.89%
State:	4.50%

Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,576
State:	$15,457

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$3,559
State:	$4,193

Number of discharges: 19

This Hospital:	2.99%
State:	0.63%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$15,845
State:	$20,741

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,408
State:	$5,942

Number of discharges: 86

This Hospital:	13.54%
State:	3.38%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$28,440
State:	$30,931

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$8,736
State:	$8,698

Number of discharges: 16

This Hospital:	2.52%
Tennessee:	2.30%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$10,465
State:	$15,203

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,797
State:	$4,222

Number of discharges: 27

This Hospital:	4.25%
State:	1.35%

Syncope and Collapse

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$10,528
Tennessee:	$17,657

Average Total Payments

Here:	$3,692
State:	$4,362

Number of discharges: 11

Here:	1.73%
State:	1.51%

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 50.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 74.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 308.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 3.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 3.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 59
Total Certified: 59

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries

Here:	0.833%
Tennessee:	0.749%

Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein

Here:	0.833%
State:	0.509%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

Here:	1
Tennessee:	6

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.4%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Tennessee:	98.6%

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

Here:	82.0%
State:	96.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	83.0%
Tennessee:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.4%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	96.9%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	97.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	98.0%
Tennessee:	99.0%

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

Here:	98.0%
Tennessee:	95.2%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	94.0%
Tennessee:	95.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.2%

Surgery

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

Here:	94.0%
Tennessee:	98.5%

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

Here:	85.0%
Tennessee:	96.4%

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

This Hospital:	81.0%
State:	98.3%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Tennessee:	96.6%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
Tennessee:	97.6%

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%
Tennessee:	99.9%

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

Here:	86.0%
Tennessee:	92.9%

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

Here:	88.0%
Tennessee:	96.1%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
State:	97.0%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
Tennessee:	99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	14.9%
State:	15.1%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	10.2%
State:	11.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	11.1%
State:	12.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	25.1%
Tennessee:	25.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	22.8%
Tennessee:	19.3%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	44.600%
Tennessee:	34.494%

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

Here:	9.500%
State:	8.346%

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

Here:	0.162%
State:	0.170%

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

This Hospital:	0.128%
Tennessee:	0.080%

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:	4%
Tennessee:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Tennessee:	16%

Always

Here:	77%
State:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
Tennessee:	13%

Always

Here:	84%
Tennessee:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	30%
Tennessee:	23%

Always

Here:	62%
Tennessee:	67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
Tennessee:	7%

Usually

Here:	25%
Tennessee:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	17%
Tennessee:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
Tennessee:	16%

Always

Here:	60%
State:	63%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Tennessee:	10%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	74%
State:	72%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	25%
State:	26%

Always

Here:	69%
Tennessee:	66%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	84%
Tennessee:	82%

This Hospital:	16%
State:	18%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	5%
State:	9%

7 or 8

Here:	23%
State:	23%

9 or 10

Here:	72%
State:	68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	3%
Tennessee:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	31%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	66%
State:	69%

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