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VA hospitals in Pennsylvania

The Department of Veterans Affairs runs 7 hospitals in Pennsylvania that CMS lists. CMS rated 5 of them for .

For context, CMS rated 131 hospitals of every kind in Pennsylvania, VA included, from the same file.

VA hospitals CMS lists
7
Rated by CMS
5
At 5 stars
4
Moved since
2 up 0 down

Star ratings in Pennsylvania: VA hospitals and all hospitals

A chart of the figures in the table that follows.

Star ratings in Pennsylvania: the number of VA hospitals and of all rated hospitals at each CMS star level
CMS starsVA hospitalsAll rated hospitals
5 stars420
4 stars153
3 stars032
2 stars022
1 star04

Source: CMS Hospital General Information (dataset xubh-q36u), released .

A star is CMS's summary of up to five groups of measures, not a ranking of every hospital against every other. How the star rating works.

Every VA hospital in Pennsylvania

Ordered by CMS star rating, then by name; hospitals with the same rating share a rank. Select a column heading to sort. How ranks are set.

VA hospitals in PennsylvaniaER median is CMS measure OP-18b, which leaves out patients transferred to another facility and mental health patients. CMS measurement periods: Would definitely recommend, to ; ER median, to .Each row's four small tiles are its CMS stars for , , and .
CMS stars, to to to
James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (Altoona) AltoonaState rank 1, tied with 3 others5 of 5
  1. : 3 stars
  2. : 3 stars
  3. : 4 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Up from 480%Not available
Lebanon VA Medical Center LebanonState rank 1, tied with 3 others5 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 5 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Same as 587%Not available
Philadelphia VA Medical Center PhiladelphiaState rank 1, tied with 3 others5 of 5
  1. : 5 stars
  2. : 4 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Same as 563%Not available
Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center Wilkes-BarreState rank 1, tied with 3 others5 of 5
  1. : 4 stars
  2. : 4 stars
  3. : 5 stars
  4. : 5 stars
Same as 582%Not available
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive PittsburghState rank 54 of 5
  1. : 1 star
  2. : 1 star
  3. : 3 stars
  4. : 4 stars
Up from 376%137 low-volume ED
Coatesville VA Medical Center CoatesvilleNot rated
  1. : not rated
  2. : not rated
  3. : not rated
  4. : not rated
Not rated either yearNot availableNot available
Erie VA Medical Center ErieNot rated
  1. : not rated
  2. : not rated
  3. : not rated
  4. : not rated
Not rated either yearNot availableNot available

Pennsylvania figures CMS publishes, for comparison

Each hospital page compares its numbers with these; CMS's footnotes are quoted under the table.

Pennsylvania figures CMS publishes for comparison with its VA hospitals
MeasurePennsylvaniaPeriod
Would definitely recommend the hospital70% (footnote 21) to
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1072% (footnote 21) to
Nurses always communicated well81% (footnote 21) to
Median time in the emergency department before leaving, excluding transferred and mental health patients186 minutes (footnotes 25, 26) to
Left the emergency department before being seen2% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Severe sepsis and septic shock care that met every step60% (footnotes 25, 26) to
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ICU and select wards0.588 to
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), ICU and select wards0.560 to
  • CMS footnote 21: Patient survey results for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospitals do not represent official HCAHPS results and are not included in state and national averages.
  • CMS footnote 25: State and national averages include Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospital data.
  • CMS footnote 26: State and national averages include Department of Defense (DoD) hospital data.

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