Pella Regional Health Center 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 Pella Regional Health Center save lives? 4% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Pella Regional Health Center	National Average
Heart Failure	15.2%	11.8%
Pneumonia	15.9%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Pella Regional Health Center

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming a large health risk 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.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year1	0
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 42m

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 Patient Rating: VERY GOOD



Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Pella Regional Health Center Stories

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Sep 26, 2021, 9:06 PM
Pella Regional Health Center: "The place is absolutely positively terrible, I sat there for 8hrs in the emergency room" - Justin

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