Shasta Regional Medical Center Ratings

1100 Butte St
Redding, CA 96001
Phone: (530) 244-5454

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 Shasta Regional Medical Center save lives? 3% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Shasta Regional Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	14.7%	12.6%
Stroke	12.2%	13.9%
Heart Failure	13%	11.8%
Pneumonia	18.6%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Shasta Regional Medical 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	4
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	2

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 3h 2m

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: AVERAGE

Positive Patient Ratings

No consistently positive ratings

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses often fail to communicate
Doctors often fail to communicate with patients
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty
Rooms were often noisy at night

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Shasta Regional Medical Center Stories

Sep 01, 2022, 5:06 AM
Shasta Regional Medical Center: "Wait time for some was 8pm and ours was 5" - Kayla

Aug 31, 2022, 2:36 PM
Shasta Regional Medical Center: "These wait times are a crock. Mercy is about 4 hours average. Shasta Reginal is average 40 min. Just goes to show Mercy owns this town and they do not tell the truth!" - Jim

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