Beebe Medical Center Ratings
424 SAVANNAH RD
Lewes, DE 19958
Phone: (302) 645-3300
Lewes, DE 19958
Phone: (302) 645-3300
Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Emergency Services: YES
Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings
Quality of Care - Mortality Rate
How well does Beebe Medical Center save lives? 6% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 14% |
Heart Failure | 12% |
Pneumonia | 11% |
Infectious Disease at Beebe Medical Center
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 |
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C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2 | 20 |
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 0mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 1 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 45 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 hour and 13 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
Beebe Medical Center
4.75
out of 5
based on 23 ratings.
23 user reviews.
72% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually respond quickly when patients need help
- Pain was usually controlled for patients
- Rooms and facilities are usually clean
Negative Patient Ratings
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
Beebe Medical Center Stories
Feb 08, 2023, 7:39 PM
Beebe Medical Center: "I'm still too annoyed to call and tell my story.jan 20th went to er 5 hrs. Sent home. Felt worse. Went back 21st 6 hrs told to go home again.wow waited 3 days later called my primary care and told my story. I was told to go to any other er than beebes. My primary care is a beebe dr. Went to bayhealth in milford. Took 3 days in er. But I wouldn't quit something had to be done . Severe pain. After 3 days got an endoscopy of my stomach. Had an ulcer blocking my dudeam.very sad state of beebe hospital er." - Michael