University Of Kansas 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 University Of Kansas Hospital save lives? 8% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	14%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	11%

Infectious Disease at University Of Kansas 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	208
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 56m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 43 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 17 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 hour and 5 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

76% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

University Of Kansas Hospital Stories

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Jul 24, 2022, 8:29 PM
University Of Kansas Hospital: "Been waiting for over 2 hrs with a blown out L1 vertrebre and it is considered not critical enough. So people who come in after are seen first. Oh just because can't walk or even sit with extreme pain is not a reason to be urgently seem." - None

Jul 07, 2021, 4:33 PM
University Of Kansas Hospital: "Your wait times for ER are HORRIBLE. 4 hours we have been waiting to find out if my husband is bleeding internally from a mesh implant failure. Sitting in the waiting room....for 4 hours! You have a massive hospital and massive staff. I expect WAY better from KU and incredibly disappointed. The staff is rude as hell too and treats everyone like they are a drug addict or faking their condition. We had to actually ASK the staff to pick up a woman writhing on the floor, vomiting and screaming for OVER AN HOUR in the waiting room. This has been the worst experience all for trying to receive emergency medical care. " - Tanya

Jul 07, 2021, 4:33 PM
University Of Kansas Hospital: "Your wait times for ER are HORRIBLE. 4 hours we have been waiting to find out if my husband is bleeding internally from a mesh implant failure. Sitting in the waiting room....for 4 hours! You have a massive hospital and massive staff. I expect WAY better from KU and incredibly disappointed. The staff is rude as hell too and treats everyone like they are a drug addict or faking their condition. We had to actually ASK the staff to pick up a woman writhing on the floor, vomiting and screaming for OVER AN HOUR in the waiting room. This has been the worst experience all for trying to receive emergency medical care. " - Tanya

Feb 16, 2020, 6:53 AM
University Of Kansas Hospital: "Been waiting in the ER for 3 hrs now. I inquired how long the wait would be after 2 hrs. Response was there were 2 people ahead of us. That was over an hour ago and we're still waiting. Husbands knee is swollen and can barely walk. We came in about 2:30 am, it is now 5:50 am and WE ARE STILL WAITING!! Will not return here for emergency services again." - Patricia

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