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WEST CARROLL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
522 ROSS STREET
OAK GROVE, LA, 71263

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (318) 428-3237

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

Provided Services

  • Blood Bank Services
  • Clinical Laboratory Services
  • Diagnostic Radiology Services
  • Dietary Services
  • Emergency Services
  • Occupational Therapy Services
  • Outpatient Services
  • Pediatric Services
  • Pharmacy Services
  • Physical Therapy Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 16.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 15.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 137.50
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Physicians : 9.00
Physician Assistants : 3.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 33
Total Certified: 33

Average Medicare Payment

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,799
Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,684
Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,299
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,817
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $6,857
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,134
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,539
Diabetes w MCC: $7,155
Chest Pain: $2,796
Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $11,360

Use of Medical Imaging

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

6.900%
State:

8.127%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.460%
Louisiana:

0.349%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.368%
State:

0.082%

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:

4%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
Louisiana:

14%
Always
This Hospital:

82%
State:

81%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

1%
Louisiana:

3%
Usually
Here:

7%
State:

11%
Always
This Hospital:

92%
Louisiana:

86%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
Louisiana:

11%
Usually
Here:

14%
Louisiana:

19%
Always
Here:

77%
State:

70%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

9%
State:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

73%
Louisiana:

74%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

13%
Louisiana:

19%
Usually
Here:

15%
Louisiana:

15%
Always
Here:

72%
State:

66%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

8%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
Louisiana:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
Louisiana:

73%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

22%
Louisiana:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

73%
State:

71%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

72%
State:

81%
No
Here:

28%
State:

19%

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

6 or lower
Here:

5%
Louisiana:

8%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

29%
State:

19%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

66%
Louisiana:

73%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
State:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

24%
Louisiana:

21%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

72%
State:

74%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
Here:

62.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

67.0%
State:

97.7%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

67.0%
Louisiana:

97.8%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

25
Louisiana:

14
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital
This Hospital:

174
Louisiana:

104
Median Time to Fibrinolysis
This Hospital:

14
Louisiana:

36
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

75.0%
State:

92.8%
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival
This Hospital:

100
Louisiana:

49

Heart Failure

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

8.0%
Louisiana:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

83.0%
State:

93.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

46.0%
Louisiana:

85.7%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Louisiana:

97.7%

Pneumonia

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

78.0%
State:

93.7%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

100.0%
Louisiana:

95.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

64.0%
Louisiana:

96.6%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

65.0%
Louisiana:

89.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
Here:

4.0%
State:

90.4%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.5%
Louisiana:

11.3%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

9.6%
State:

11.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

27.4%
State:

25.2%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.2%
State:

18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma
This Hospital:

7.136%
Louisiana:

0.381%
Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control
This Hospital:

0.892%
Louisiana:

0.058%

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