St Elizabeth Hospital Ratings
1125 WEST HIGHWAY 30
Gonzales, LA 70737
Phone: (225) 647-5000
Gonzales, LA 70737
Phone: (225) 647-5000
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 St Elizabeth Hospital save lives? 7% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.| Mortality Rate | |
|---|---|
| Heart Attack | 16% |
| Heart Failure | 13% |
| Pneumonia | 12% |
Infectious Disease at St Elizabeth 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 | 4 |
| 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: 0h 17mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 1 hour and 50 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 43 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 35 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: VERY GOOD
St Elizabeth Hospital
4.8
out of 5
based on 24 ratings.
24 user reviews.
83% 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
Negative Patient Ratings
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
St Elizabeth Hospital Stories
Jul 03, 2017, 1:39 PM
St Elizabeth Hospital: "The physians and nursing staff are above and beyond the best superbly in tune with all aspects of medicine. being a patient was a great experience!! Through out the state and my personal experience with hospitals and clinics which I am considered a great person to rate this , being I was a caregiver for my father.I have been to various hospitals for his RA , Heart, internal ,podiatry, Chiropractacal, Colan, dialysis,psychological to the final.hospice; He had Top Specialist in all the medical fields I named I had the pleasure to meet specialists Top in their craft !! CIA and ENT of thinadaux and Houma which the amg clinic on Dunn street also in Houma for final peace which Drs assisted in my fsthers final transition. I was a patient at St Elizabeth's and they were absolutely a class A team of Intelligent and compassionate health workers and Brialliant Dr.s , I feel very good and put 100 percent confidence in the well organized and attentive staff THANK YOU !!! God bless you all for giving me a great warm reception and a healthy departure Truly and Respectfully, Darlene Jacobi" - Darlene
