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Patient-Centered Hospital Care: Staff Managed Pain, Responded When Needed Help, and Explained Medicines, by Hospitals, 2005
Bar chart shows percent of patients reporting "always"
| Hospital Care |
Average |
Best Hospital |
90th %ile Hospitals |
10th %ile Hospitals |
Staff managed pain well
(Patient's pain was well controlled and hospital staff did everything to help with pain) |
70 |
93 |
79 |
61 |
Staff responded when needed help
(Patient got help as soon as wanted after patient pressed call button and in getting to the bathroom/using bedpan) |
63 |
91 |
74 |
52 |
Staff explained medicines and side effects
(Hospital staff told patient what medicine was for and described possible side effects) |
60 |
100 |
70 |
49 |
Data: CAHPS Hospital Survey for 254 hospitals submitting data in 2005. National CAHPS Benchmarking Database
Source: Commonwealth Fund National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2006.
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