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North Sunflower Medical Center CAH vs Yalobusha General Hospital

Side by side on Medicare (CMS) ratings, patient survey results, ER times, infections, readmissions and more.

Hospital comparison: North Sunflower Medical Center CAH and Yalobusha General Hospital
2 hospitals North Sunflower Medical Center CAH Ruleville, MS ✕ Remove Yalobusha General Hospital Water Valley, MS ✕ Remove
Overview
Location Ruleville, MS Water Valley, MS
Hospital type Critical Access Acute care
Ownership Government - Local Government - Local
Emergency room Yes No
Beds – 91
Ratings
CMS overall star ratingMedicare's summary of quality measures 1 of 5 –
Would definitely recommend 85% of patients –
Google rating 4.0 of 5 (24 reviews) 3.0 of 5 (6 reviews)
Safety
Hospital-acquired infectionsCompared with national 0 better · 0 worse of 2 compared –
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) Same as national –
C. diff intestinal infections Same as national –
Death rate: Heart failure patientsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted 11.5% –
Death rate: Pneumonia patientsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted 22.9% 13.9%
Death rate: COPD patientsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted – 8.5%
Death rate: Hospital-wide, all conditionsWithin 30 days, risk-adjusted 4.8% 3.6%
Readmissions
Readmitted: Heart failureWithin 30 days 21.6% –
Readmitted: PneumoniaWithin 30 days 17.0% 17.1%
Readmitted: COPD (chronic lung disease)Within 30 days – 19.7%
Extra days back in hospital after heart failure +115.8 +94.8
Extra days back in hospital after pneumonia +44.4 -13
Hospital visits within 7 days of an outpatient colonoscopy 12.9
Same as national
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Timely care
Health care workers vaccinated against fluHigher is better 65% 16%
Discharged on two opioids, or an opioid and a benzodiazepineLower is better 15% 18%
Blood clot prevention givenHigher is better 92% –
Medicare programs
Hospital-acquired condition penalty1% payment cut this year – Not penalized
Medicare spending per patient1.00 = national median – 0.93

"Better" or "worse" means CMS found a statistically significant difference from the national rate. Figures without a verdict are shown for context; small differences may be chance. A dash means CMS has no result for that hospital, often because it treats too few patients for that measure. About the data.

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How to compare hospitals

Start with the CMS overall star rating, which rolls up deaths, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Then look at the measures that matter for your situation: infection and complication results before surgery, maternity measures if you're expecting, and ER times for emergencies.

Most hospitals are "no different from national" on most measures. A single "worse" result covers one measure over a past period; ask the hospital about it rather than ruling it out. In an emergency, go to the nearest emergency room or call 911.