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Baptist Hospital East

4000 Kresge Way
Louisville, KY 40207
Baptist Hospital East is a Federally owned hospital located in Louisville, KY. It has 3 specialty units, including Adult and Pediatric, Coronary Care, and Intensive Care.  
 
 
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Hospital Profile

Address
4000 Kresge Way
Louisville, Kentucky (KY)
Provider Type
Acute Care
Ownership
Federal
Accepts Medicare
Yes
Accepts Medicaid
Yes
 

Hospital Ratings

Cardiac services: Above national average in 4 of 5 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Critical Care services: Above national average in 2 of 4 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Gastrointestinal services: Above national average in 2 of 5 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

General Surgery services: At national average in 1 of 2 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Orthopedic services: Above national average in 2 of 5 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Pulmonary services: Above national average in 2 of 2 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Vascular services: At national average in 3 of 3 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Hospital Features

Baptist Hospital East is a Short Term hospital. The facility has 356 beds of which 322 are Adult and Pediatric, 16 are Coronary Care, and 18 are Intensive Care.

  • Total beds
356
  • Intensive Care beds
18
  • Adult and Pediatric beds
322
  • Teaching Hospital
No
  • Coronary Care beds
16
 
 
 
Cost Lower Costdollar icon Average Costdollar icondollar icon Higher Costdollar icondollar icondollar icon Length of
Stay Short Staybed icon Average Staybed iconbed icon Long Staybed iconbed iconbed icon
 
Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 5 of 14 procedures
Length of Stay is at the state average in 14 of 14 procedures
CardiacOrthopedicWomen's ServicesPulmonaryMore
Hospital Service Lines Cost Length of Stay
Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent) dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Attack dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Bypass Surgery dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Failure dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon bed icon
Valve Replacement Surgery dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon

Cardiac Doctors Associated with this Hospital

+ Cardiology
+ Cardiothoracic Surgery
+ Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
+ Interventional Cardiology
Top 10 Procedures and Diagnoses
bullet Heart Failure
bullet Total Knee Replacement
bullet Sepsis
bullet Pneumonia
bullet Respiratory Failure
bullet Heart Attack
bullet Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent)
bullet Stroke
bullet Gastrointestinal Bleed
bullet Hip Fracture Repair
 

There can be enormous quality differences between one hospital and another, and between one doctor and another.

For example, a recent study by HealthGrades found that a typical patient would have, on average, a 69 percent lower chance of dying in a five-star rated hospital compared to a one-star rated hospital.

 
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for years 2005 - 2007.
 

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