York Hospital 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 York Hospital save lives? 1% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	13%

Infectious Disease at York Hospital

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	88
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 17m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 15 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 22 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 38 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

66% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

York Hospital Stories

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Mar 30, 2023, 5:04 PM
York Hospital: "Twice in the past 6 months I have had my elderly mom here at the emergency room. Both times waiting room for a minimum of 6 hours. She is in pain and distress. Hadn’t had any of her meds food or drink. She is 80 years old and that’s it not acceptable. " - Wendy

Mar 28, 2023, 12:38 AM
York Hospital: "This hospital is horrible and can not handle anywhere near the amount of people it sees I've been here 4 hours at least for several kidneystones no pain medication offered " - Adam

Feb 22, 2019, 11:33 PM
York Hospital: "I will never come to this hospital again, 7.5 hours and still waiting. Was triaged quickly then made to wait to hear any results, was told by staff, there are other hospitals in the area. WellSpan better get it together." - Nadean

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