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Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

575 North River Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18764

2 starsCMS overall star rating
YesEmergency services
ProprietaryOwnership

Hospital details

CMS overall star rating
2 stars
Emergency services
Yes
Ownership
Proprietary
Hospital type
Acute Care Hospitals
Address
575 North River Street
City
Wilkes-Barre, PA
ZIP code
18764
County
Luzerne
State
Pennsylvania
CMS Certification Number
390137

Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospitals, Medicare Care Compare

CMS quality measures

Risk-adjusted rates as published by CMS for this hospital. A single rate is not a verdict on a hospital: CMS compares each rate with the national rate and its confidence interval, which are available on Medicare Care Compare.

MeasureCMS IDRateUnitPeriod from
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsCOMP_HIP_KNEE3.1%04/01/2023
Hospital-wide all-cause mortality (hybrid measure)Hybrid_HWM4.5%07/01/2024
Death rate for heart attack patientsMORT_30_AMI14.5%07/01/2022
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsMORT_30_CABG4%07/01/2022
Death rate for COPD patientsMORT_30_COPD9.3%07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patientsMORT_30_HF16%07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patientsMORT_30_PN17.1%07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patientsMORT_30_STK16.2%07/01/2023
Pressure ulcer ratePSI_030.66per 1,00007/01/2022
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsPSI_04194.29per 1,00007/01/2022
Iatrogenic pneumothorax ratePSI_060.2per 1,00007/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture ratePSI_080.4per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma ratePSI_092.75per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis ratePSI_101.42per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative respiratory failure ratePSI_119.68per 1,00007/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis ratePSI_125.07per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative sepsis ratePSI_135.44per 1,00007/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence ratePSI_141.61per 1,00007/01/2022
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration ratePSI_151.23per 1,00007/01/2022
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90)PSI_901.11index07/01/2022