UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR Ratings and Reviews

About UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR is a Acute Care Hospitals. It is in SEATTLE, WA. Its type of ownership is Government - State. The facility's Medicare ID is 500008. It does provide emergency services. There are 1,713 medical professionals and 102 doctor groups affiliated with the hospital. On average at UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR, emergency patients were charged $27,197. This is higher than the state average of $24,702. It is also higher than the national average of $25,828.

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Patient Survey Results

Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR to the national results for similar facilities.

Survey Question	Response
Patients who reported that their nurses "Always" communicated well	81 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Sometimes" or "Never" communicated well	3 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Usually" communicated well	16 %
Nurse communication - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Nurse communication - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that their nurses "Always" treated them with courtesy and respect	89 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Sometimes" or "Never" treated them with courtesy and respect	2 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Usually" treated them with courtesy and respect	9 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Always" listened carefully to them	78 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Sometimes" or "Never" listened carefully to them	4 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Usually" listened carefully to them	18 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Always" explained things in a way they could understand	76 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Sometimes" or "Never" explained things in a way they could understand	4 %
Patients who reported that their nurses "Usually" explained things in a way they could understand	20 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Always" communicated well	81 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Sometimes" or "Never" communicated well	3 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Usually" communicated well	16 %
Doctor communication - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Doctor communication - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that their doctors "Always" treated them with courtesy and respect	88 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Sometimes" or "Never" treated them with courtesy and respect	2 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Usually" treated them with courtesy and respect	10 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Always" listened carefully to them	80 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Sometimes" or "Never" listened carefully to them	4 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Usually" listened carefully to them	16 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Always" explained things in a way they could understand	74 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Sometimes" or "Never" explained things in a way they could understand	4 %
Patients who reported that their doctors "Usually" explained things in a way they could understand	22 %
Patients who reported that they "Always" received help as soon as they wanted	59 %
Patients who reported that they "Sometimes" or "Never" received help as soon as they wanted	10 %
Patients who reported that they "Usually" received help as soon as they wanted	31 %
Staff responsiveness - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Staff responsiveness - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that they "Always" received help after using the call button as soon as they wanted	57 %
Patients who reported that they "Sometimes" or "Never" received help after using the call button as soon as they wanted	8 %
Patients who reported that they "Usually" received help after using the call button as soon as they wanted	35 %
Patients who reported that they "Always" received bathroom help as soon as they wanted	62 %
Patients who reported that they "Sometimes" or "Never" received bathroom help as soon as they wanted	11 %
Patients who reported that they "Usually" received bathroom help as soon as they wanted	27 %
Patients who reported that staff "Always" explained about medicines before giving it to them	63 %
Patients who reported that staff "Sometimes" or "Never" explained about medicines before giving it to them	17 %
Patients who reported that staff "Usually" explained about medicines before giving it to them	20 %
Communication about medicines - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Communication about medicines - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Always" communicated what the medication was for	77 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Sometimes" or "Never" communicated what the medication was for	8 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Usually" communicated what the medication was for.	15 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Always" discussed possible side effects	50 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Sometimes" or "Never" discussed possible side effects	25 %
Patients who reported that when receiving new medication the staff "Usually" discussed possible side effects	25 %
Patients who reported that NO, they were not given information about what to do during their recovery at home	10 %
Patients who reported that YES, they were given information about what to do during their recovery at home	90 %
Discharge information - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Discharge information - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that NO, they did not discuss whether they would need help after discharge	11 %
Patients who reported that YES, they did discuss whether they would need help after discharge	89 %
Patients who reported that NO, they did not receive written information about possible symptoms to look out for after discharge	9 %
Patients who reported that YES, they did receive written information about possible symptoms to look out for after discharge	91 %
Patients who "Agree" they understood their care when they left the hospital	38 %
Patients who "Disagree" or "Strongly Disagree" they understood their care when they left the hospital	4 %
Patients who "Strongly Agree" they understood their care when they left the hospital	58 %
Care transition - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Care transition - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who "Agree" that the staff took my preferences into account when determining my health care needs	43 %
Patients who "Disagree" or "Strongly Disagree" that the staff took my preferences into account when determining my health care needs	5 %
Patients who "Strongly Agree" that the staff took my preferences into account when determining my health care needs	52 %
Patients who "Agree" that they understood their responsiblities in managing their health	40 %
Patients who "Disagree" or "Strongly Disagree" that they understood their responsiblities in managing their health	4 %
Patients who "Strongly Agree" that they understood their responsiblities in managing their health	56 %
Patients who "Agree" that they understood the purposes of their medications when leaving the hospital	31 %
Patients who "Disagree" or "Strongly Disagree" that they understood the purposes of their medications when leaving the hospital	4 %
Patients who "Strongly Agree" that they understood the purposes of their medications when leaving the hospital	65 %
Patients who reported that their room and bathroom were "Always" clean	74 %
Patients who reported that their room and bathroom were "Sometimes" or "Never" clean	7 %
Patients who reported that their room and bathroom were "Usually" clean	19 %
Cleanliness - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Cleanliness - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported that the area around their room was "Always" quiet at night	56 %
Patients who reported that the area around their room was "Sometimes" or "Never" quiet at night	11 %
Patients who reported that the area around their room was "Usually" quiet at night	33 %
Quietness - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Quietness - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who gave their hospital a rating of 6 or lower on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	5 %
Patients who gave their hospital a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	17 %
Patients who gave their hospital a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)	78 %
Overall hospital rating - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Overall hospital rating - star rating	Not Applicable
Patients who reported NO, they would probably not or definitely not recommend the hospital	3 %
Patients who reported YES, they would definitely recommend the hospital	82 %
Patients who reported YES, they would probably recommend the hospital	15 %
Recommend hospital - linear mean score	Not Applicable
Recommend hospital - star rating	Not Applicable
Summary star rating	Not Applicable

Cost of UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR, Compare to National and State Averages

Understanding how much a hospital is going to cost is extremely difficult. Hospitals themselves actively obscure what they charge and have negotiated different rates with different insurers. Then you have the problem of the wide variety of treatments which the UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR provides.

To provide some standard metric to compare hospital costs, CMS publishes the MSPB (or "Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary"). Even though you may not be on Medicare, this metric may still be useful. The MSPB is expressed as a percentage compared to the national average for costs that Medicare incurs. A percentage higher than 100% means the hospital charges more than the national average while a percentage less than 100% means the hospital charges less than the national average.

MSPB for UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR: Not Available

Detailed table for spending and period for patients at UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR:

Type	Amount
Home Health Agency (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$8
Hospice (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Inpatient (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$47
Outpatient (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$246
Skilled Nursing Facility (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$8
Durable Medical Equipment (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$10
Carrier (1 to 3 days Prior to Index Hospital Admission)	$624
Home Health Agency (During Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Hospice (During Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Inpatient (During Index Hospital Admission)	$15,184
Outpatient (During Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Skilled Nursing Facility (During Index Hospital Admission)	$0
Durable Medical Equipment (During Index Hospital Admission)	$23
Carrier (During Index Hospital Admission)	$1,929
Home Health Agency (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$460
Hospice (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$187
Inpatient (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$2,753
Outpatient (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$1,757
Skilled Nursing Facility (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$2,722
Durable Medical Equipment (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$163
Carrier (1 through 30 days After Discharge from Index Hospital Admission)	$1,074
Total (Complete Episode)	$27,197

Infection Rates at UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR

These measures show how often patients at UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR contract certain infections during the course of their medical treatment, when compared to other hospitals nationally.

Infection Type	Score / Compare to National Average
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): Lower Confidence Limit	0.65 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): Upper Confidence Limit	1.23 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection: Number of Device Days	39,234.00 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): Predicted Cases	41.97 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): Observed Cases	38.00 / Same
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)	0.91 / Same
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Lower Confidence Limit	1.01 / Worse
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Upper Confidence Limit	1.87 / Worse
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Number of Urinary Catheter Days	23,557.00 / Worse
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Predicted Cases	29.53 / Worse
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): Observed Cases	41.00 / Worse
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)	1.39 / Worse
SSI - Colon Surgery: Lower Confidence Limit	0.57 / Same
SSI - Colon Surgery: Upper Confidence Limit	2.00 / Same
SSI - Colon Surgery: Number of Procedures	323.00 / Same
SSI - Colon Surgery: Predicted Cases	8.90 / Same
SSI - Colon Surgery: Observed Cases	10.00 / Same
SSI - Colon Surgery	1.12 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Lower Confidence Limit	0.23 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Upper Confidence Limit	2.46 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Number of Procedures	412.00 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Predicted Cases	3.32 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy: Observed Cases	3.00 / Same
SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy	0.90 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Lower Confidence Limit	0.72 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Upper Confidence Limit	1.87 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Patient Days	206,681.00 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Predicted Cases	14.25 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia: Observed Cases	17.00 / Same
MRSA Bacteremia	1.19 / Same
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Lower Confidence Limit	0.96 / Same
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Upper Confidence Limit	1.33 / Same
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Patient Days	188,521.00 / Same
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Predicted Cases	128.28 / Same
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): Observed Cases	145.00 / Same
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)	1.13 / Same

How UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR Compares to Other Similar Facilities

This is how UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR compares to other similar hospitals nationally based on data provided to CMS.

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Percentages of Complications and Deaths at UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR

Measure	Score	Compared to National Rates
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients	4.3%	SAME
Death rate for heart attack patients	13.6%	SAME
Death rate for CABG surgery patients	2.8%	SAME
Death rate for COPD patients	10.1%	SAME
Death rate for heart failure patients	11.5%	SAME
Death rate for pneumonia patients	17.6%	SAME
Death rate for stroke patients	13.4%	SAME
Pressure ulcer rate	0.82%	SAME
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications	179.76%	SAME
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate	0.4%	SAME
In-hospital fall with hip fracture rate	0.08%	SAME
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate	3.04%	SAME
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate	1.97%	SAME
Postoperative respiratory failure rate	6.83%	SAME
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate	3.94%	SAME
Postoperative sepsis rate	5.87%	SAME
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate	1.8%	SAME
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate	0.59%	SAME
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite	1.07%	SAME

Skilled Nursing Facilities Near UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR

Many hospital patients are not ready to return home after a hospital visit. If recovery is going to be protracted, doctors will often advise that the patients recuperate at a skilled nursing facility. Below is a list of the skilled nursing homes near UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR ranked by their CMS 5-Star Overall Rating.

Facility Name	Overall Rating
Heron's Key	5:
Mission Healthcare at Renton	5:
Life Care Center of Port Orchard	5:
Briarwood at Timber Ridge	5:
Caroline Kline Galland Home	5:
Mirabella Seattle	5:
Bainbridge Island Health and Rehab Center	5:
Mission Healthcare at Bellevue	5:
Queen Anne Healthcare	5:
Northwoods Lodge	5:
Redmond Care and Rehabilitation Center	5:
The Hearthstone	5:
Regency Care Center at Monroe	5:
View Ridge Care Center	5:
Garden Terrace Healthcare Center of Federal Way	4:
Judson Park Health Center	4:
Kin On Health Care Center	4:
Covenant Shores Health Center	4:
The Terraces at Skyline	4:
Bailey-Boushay House	4:
Park Shore	4:
Columbia Lutheran Home	4:
Shoreline Health and Rehabilitation	4:
Fircrest Nursing Facility	4:
Lynnwood Post Acute Rehabilitation Center	4:
Avalon Care Center - Federal Way	3:
Hallmark Manor	3:
Lea Hill Rehabilitation and Care Center	3:
Wesley Homes Health Center	3:
Avamere Rehabilitation at Ridgemont	3:
Washington Veteran Home-Retsil	3:
Providence Mount St Vincent	3:
Transitional Care Center of Seattle	3:
Corwin Center at Emerald Heights	3:
Avamere Rehabilitation of Shoreline	3:
Martha and Mary Health Service	3:
Richmond Beach Rehab	3:
Edmonds Care	3:
Pine Ridge Post Acute	3:
Everett Transitional Care Services	3:
Bethany at Pacific	3:
Life Care Center of Federal Way	2:
Puget Sound Transitional Care	2:
Benson Heights Rehabilitation Center	2:
Avamere Rehabilitation of Issaquah	2:
Emerald Bay Care	2:
Providence Marianwood	2:
Belmont Terrace	2:
Seattle Medical Post Acute Care	2:
Life Care Center of Kirkland	2:
Saint Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	2:
Foss Home and Village	2:
Bothell Health Care	2:
Alderwood Post Acute and Rehabilitation	2:
Bethany at Silver Lake	2:
Madison Post Acute	2:
Auburn Post Acute	1:
Gig Harbor Health and Rehabilitation	1:
North Auburn Rehab and Health Center	1:
Valley View Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation	1:
Renton Health and Rehabilitation	1:
Avamere Rehabilitation of Burien	1:
North Bend Post Acute	1:
Washington Care Center	1:
Bridgeview Care	1:
Avamere Rehabilitation at Park West	1:
Ballard Center	1:
Snohomish of Cascadia, LLC	1:
Everett Center	No Data

Medical Groups Affiliated with UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR

There are 1,713 doctors and 102 medical groups that are affiliated with UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CTR.

Affiliated Doctor Groups

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