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Benchmarking Germantown Home in Philadelphia, PA against all nursing homes

 

Germantown Home in Philadelphia, PA has the 3rd-fewest short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission (17.0%) among the 47 nursing homes in Philadelphia County, PA. That 17.0% compares to an average of 22.8% across those 47 nursing homes.

Germantown Home has these related standings among those 47 nursing homes:

  • short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission = 17.0% (3rd-fewest)

  • short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit = 17.5% (the most)

  • short-stay residents who were rehospitalized or had an outpatient emergency department visit = 34.5% (10th-most)

  • hospitalizations per 1,000 long-stay resident days = 3.17 (3rd-most)

  • outpatient emergency department visits per 1,000 long-stay resident days = 1.12 (7th-most)

  • incentive bonus payments per $1M in claims = $24,825 (11th-highest)


Note that short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission tends to fall together with short-stay residents who were rehospitalized or had an outpatient emergency department visit. But on the latter, Germantown Home in Philadelphia, PA (with 34.5%) is higher (i.e., worse) than the median (30.3%) of those 47 nursing homes.

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Peers

beat out by Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley in Philadelphia, PA (15.9%) and Tulip Special Care, LLC in Philadelphia, PA (16.1%).

Incidentally, all 3 had a deficiency in how to inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. All 3 had a deficiency in how to provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident's preferences and goals. None of the 3 is cited for abuse or neglect at a harm or potential-harm level. All 3 are Medicaid certified.


beat Bala Nursing and Retirement Ce in Philadelphia, PA (17.7%), Kearsley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Philadelphia, PA (17.7%), Simpson House Inc in Philadelphia, PA (17.7%), and Renaissance Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia, PA (18.2%), and others, ending with Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Philadelphia, PA (37.1%).

6 out of the other 46 nursing homes were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission, e.g., Delaware Valley Veteran's Home in Philadelphia, PA.

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References

  1. in county. Except where noted, all data come from the Nov 6, 2020 update at Nursing Home Compare and all changes-over-time are over two years, comparing to the Nov 1, 2018 update.
  2. short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission. Lower values are better. The percent of short-stay residents who entered or reentered the nursing home from a hospital and were re-admitted to a hospital for an unplanned inpatient stay or observation stay within 30 days of the start of the nursing home stay. The value is the risk-adjusted value for the quality measure. Refer to Nursing Home Compare Claims-Based Quality Measure Technical Specifications. To qualify for short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission, the number of residents in certified beds must be at least 40. Except where noted, all data come from the Nov 6, 2020 update at Nursing Home Compare and all changes-over-time are over two years, comparing to the Nov 1, 2018 update.