UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN ( DOWNSTATE ) - BROOKLYN, NY

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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN ( DOWNSTATE )
445 LENOX ROAD
BROOKLYN, NY, 11203

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (718) 270-1000

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
ICU - Pediatric Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Medicare Certified Transplant Center Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Organ Transplant Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 38.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 696.40
Other Salaried Personnel : 1364.43
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.00
Dieticians : 1.20
Occupational Therapists : 6.15
Physical Therapists : 7.75
Registered Pharmacists : 21.00
Respiratory Therapists : 25.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 178.12
Medical Social Workers : 24.07
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 5.00
Physician Assistants : 62.13
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 51.70
Nurse Practitioners: 19.16
Residents (Physicians) : 183.99
Psychologists : 0.80

Number Of Beds

Total: 376
Total Certified: 376
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 34
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 18

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 15%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	13%
New York:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
New York:	21%

Always

Here:	65%
State:	71%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
New York:	6%

Usually

Here:	15%
New York:	18%

Always

Here:	77%
New York:	76%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	28%
New York:	16%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
New York:	28%

Always

Here:	48%
State:	56%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	15%
New York:	10%

Usually

Here:	24%
New York:	25%

Always

Here:	61%
New York:	65%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	31%
New York:	25%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	51%
New York:	56%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	18%
State:	11%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	58%
State:	66%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	21%
New York:	18%

Usually

This Hospital:	28%
New York:	34%

Always

This Hospital:	51%
State:	48%

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

Yes

Here:	74%
New York:	80%

Here:	26%
New York:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	20%
New York:	12%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	33%
New York:	29%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	47%
New York:	59%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	9%
New York:	7%

Yes, probably

Here:	34%
State:	30%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	57%
New York:	63%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	99.0%
State:	98.5%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
New York:	95.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	96.0%
New York:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	97.0%
New York:	99.6%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	95.0%
New York:	87.8%

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

This Hospital:	28
State:	12

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
State:	96.3%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	98.6%

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

Here:	95.0%
New York:	94.1%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	94.0%
New York:	89.4%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	92.0%
New York:	98.2%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	80.0%
State:	92.8%

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

Here:	85.0%
State:	94.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	81.0%
New York:	97.7%

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

Here:	86.0%
State:	91.8%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	82.0%
New York:	90.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	68.0%
State:	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:	93.0%
State:	96.3%

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

Here:	92.0%
New York:	93.9%

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

Here:	98.0%
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:	98.0%
State:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
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:	90.0%
New York:	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:	98.0%
State:	89.8%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
New York:	91.9%

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	91.6%

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

Here:	91.0%
New York:	93.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	13.9%
New York:	15.2%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	9.2%
New York:	10.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	8.7%
State:	11.4%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	22.9%
State:	21.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	27.6%
State:	26.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	21.4%
New York:	19.6%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.844%
State:	0.317%

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.337%
New York:	0.590%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.337%
New York:	0.417%

Catheter-Associated UTI

This Hospital:	0.169%
State:	0.291%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

This Hospital:	0.169%
State:	0.067%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $8,300

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $22,052

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $8,010

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $1,234

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $16,863

Heart failure and shock w CC: $1,721

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $7,962

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $9,140

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $11,407

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $16,750

Diabetes w MCC: $15,895

Chest Pain: $1,927

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $7,498

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $13,730

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $27,069

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $8,673

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $8,540

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $76,563

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $10,086

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $11,697

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $36,971

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $48,854

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $3,429

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $30,264

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $3,269

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $1,925

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $16,242

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $19,298

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $6,102

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $11,729

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $29,062

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $16,391

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $2,773

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,396

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $8,831

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $2,484

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $22,376

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $7,542

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $30,495

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $6,086

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $10,185

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $8,068

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $20,111

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $3,432

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $5,624

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $4,188

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $5,236

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $16,093

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $38,325

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $3,184

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $38,990

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $26,227

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $32,389

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $25,237

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $6,649

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,592

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,469

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $8,694

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	17.200%
New York:	27.056%

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

Here:	1.900%
New York:	9.830%

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

Here:	0.084%
New York:	0.153%

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

This Hospital:	0.023%
New York:	0.034%

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