HEALTH / PATIENT'S RIGHTS

Regional breakdown of patient satisfaction with pain management

McClatchy Newspapers

Friday, October 31, 2008

A survey of hospitals in 40 metropolitan areas by the Harvard School of Public Health to be published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine found that one-third of patients felt that their pain wasn’t well controlled.

REGION, PAIN ALWAYS CONTROLLED


To find the score for patient satisfaction with pain management in specific hospitals in your area, follow these steps:

  • Go to www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
  • Scroll down & click on Find and Compare Hospitals
  • Provide City, Distance and State
  • Continue
  • Choose General Search
  • Continue
  • Scroll down and check boxes for up to three hospitals
  • Click Compare
  • Scroll down to "Survey of Patients' Hospital Experiences" to "Percent of patients who reported that their pain was 'Always' well controlled"

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Albany, N.Y., 66.5 percent

Atlanta, Ga., 67.2 percent

Baltimore, Md., 65.4 percent

Birmingham, Ala., 72 percent

Boston, Mass., 67.4 percent

Camden, N.J., 68.1 percent

Charlotte, N.C., 70 percent

Chicago, Ill., 63.4 percent

Cincinnati, Ohio, 68.2 percent

Cleveland, Ohio, 62.2 percent

Columbus, Ohio, 67.9 percent

Dallas, Texas, 67.8 percent

Detroit, Mich., 65.2 percent

East Long Island, N.Y., 60.7 percent

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 57.5 percent

Houston, Texas, 65.6 percent

Indianapolis, Ind., 67.5 percent

Kansas City, Mo., 64.9 percent

Knoxville, Tenn., 68.3 percent

Lexington, Ky., 68.7 percent

Little Rock, Ark., 69.4 percent

Louisville, Ky., 67.2 percent

Los Angeles, Calif., 61.5 percent

Memphis, Tenn., 66.7 percent

Miami, Fla., 64.3 percent

Milwaukee, Wis., 68 percent

Minneapolis, Minn., 63.6 percent

Nashville, Tenn., 68.9 percent

New York, N.Y., 56.9 percent

Oklahoma City, Okla., 68.4 percent

Orange County, Calif., 64.6 percent

Orlando, Fla., 61.2 percent

Philadelphia, Pa., 67.3 percent

Phoenix, Ariz., 67.1 percent

Pittsburgh, Pa., 66.1 percent

St. Louis, Mo., 67.3 percent

San Bernardino, Calif., 63.6 percent

San Diego, Calif., 64.1 percent

Seattle, Wash., 66.3 percent

Washington, D.C., 63.9 percent



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