University Of Arizona Medical Ctr-University, The Ratings

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Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

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Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does University Of Arizona Medical Ctr-University, The save lives? 13% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	14%
Heart Failure	10%
Pneumonia	10%

Infectious Disease at University Of Arizona Medical Ctr-University, The

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming the largest health facing the United States. There are an increasing number of drug resistant bacteria, including: drug resistant bacteria due primarily to unnecessary and mis-applied use among humans and livestock, patients with hospitalizations for relatively minor reasons can suddenly face lifethreatening illness.

While many hospitals are implementing questionable flu vaccinations¹ for their employees, many fewer have as rigorous solutions for nosocomial MDR infections.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2	244
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	8

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 12m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 4 hour and 24 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 6 hour and 45 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 20 minutes delay before leaving to their room.

Patient Ratings

While customer satisfaction surveys don't necessarily reflect the quality of care provided at the hospital, it can identify some areas that are important standards to maintain, such as managing pain and maintaining a sanitary environment.

Overall Rating: AVERAGE

72% of patients rate the hospital excellent



Footnotes:
¹Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
²C Diff Mortality Rate
³MRSA Mortality Rate

University Of Arizona Medical Ctr-University, The Stories

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Jul 27, 2022, 10:33 PM
University Of Arizona Medical Ctr-University, The: "Arrived here UMC at 11:00am still here. It’s now 7:32pm, no relief in site." - Albert

Jun 15, 2022, 8:48 AM
University Of Arizona Medical Ctr-University, The: "horrible experience . i was dropped off by ambulance for having heart attack symptoms . i wasn’t even seen by triage 2 hours later . asked them what was eta and they said 7.5 hours . i told them to take me off list and would have my husband pick me up and take me elsewhere " - Crystal

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