CMS Hospital Quality

Hospitals with Lowest Heart Attack Emergency Return Rate in Louisiana

Number of excess emergency department visits and unplanned readmissions within 30 days of discharge for heart attack patients. Lower rates indicate better post-discharge care coordination.

27 hospitals reportingin LouisianaLower score = Better

Louisiana — Heart Attack Emergency Return Rate at a Glance

16.95days per patient
Louisiana Average
7.14days per patient
US National Average
27
Hospitals Reporting
11%
Better than National
Louisiana performs worse than the US average for heart attack emergency return rate. The state average (16.95 days per patient) is 9.81 higher than the national average (7.14 days per patient). Lower scores indicate fewer adverse events.

Louisiana Hospital Rankings — Heart Attack Emergency Return Rate

#HospitalCityScoreCMS Starsvs National Avg
1TOURO INFIRMARYNEW ORLEANS-32.20days per patient★★★★★Better than national avg
2BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTERBATON ROUGE-17.90days per patient★★★★★Better than national avg
3OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER - BATON ROUGEBATON ROUGE-17.20days per patient★★★★★
4ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITALCOVINGTON-16.40days per patient★★★★★Better than national avg
5THIBODAUX REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERTHIBODAUX-14.80days per patient★★★★★
6LANE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERZACHARY-14.60days per patient★★★★★
7LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITALLAKE CHARLES-11.40days per patient★★★★★
8OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER ACUTENEW ORLEANS-11.00days per patient★★★★★
9OUR LADY OF THE LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERBATON ROUGE-5.30days per patient★★★★★
10OVERTON BROOKS VA MEDICAL CENTER (SHREVEPORT)SHREVEPORT-3.70days per patient★★★★★
11OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INCLAFAYETTE4.60days per patient★★★★★
12WILLIS KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTERSHREVEPORT9.60days per patient★★★★★
13NORTHERN LOUISIANA MEDICAL CENTERRUSTON9.90days per patient★★★★★
14GLENWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERWEST MONROE10.40days per patient★★★★★
15CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITALALEXANDRIA13.50days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
16OCHSNER LAFAYETTE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTERLAFAYETTE14.60days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
17ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTERMONROE18.50days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
18OPELOUSAS GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEMOPELOUSAS19.30days per patient★★★★★
19CHRISTUS SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER HEALTH SYSTEMSHREVEPORT34.60days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
20SLIDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITALSLIDELL35.00days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
21RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERALEXANDRIA41.80days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
22CHRISTUS OCHSNER ST PATRICK HOSPITALLAKE CHARLES43.70days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
23OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-KENNERKENNER58.00days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
24TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISHHOUMA60.90days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
25SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEMNEW ORLEANS65.60days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
26NORTH OAKS MEDICAL CENTERHAMMOND77.20days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg
27EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITALMETAIRIE85.00days per patient★★★★★Worse than national avg

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