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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
- Main Story: Adequate pain care sorely lacking for patients
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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