Children - Neonatal-ICU-Care

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All indicators listed in this section apply only to babies requiring care in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Intensive care of newborns occurs at both Norton Suburban Hospital and Kosair Children's Hospital Rates shown for the indicators listed below are adjusted for the baby's birthweight. Typically, babies with low birthweights have more complications than babies who weigh more at birth. The rates for Kosair Children's Hospital are compared to a national average of all neonatal intensive care units that care for babies who need major surgery. The rates for Norton Suburban Hospital are compared to a national average of units that do not care for babies who need major surgery.

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  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients who died in the hospital by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       5.7   6.3
<=1000 g low       25.4   34.0
1001-1500 g low       7.5   6.0
1501-2500 g low       4.6   3.6
>2500 g low       2.2   3.0
all birthweights low     4.2     4.0
<=1000 g low     39.6     33.9
1001-1500 g low     7.1     4.4
1501-2500 g low     2.0     1.5
>2500 g low     0.2     1.1
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of babies born 4 or more weeks prematurely receiving supplemental oxygen near term, risk-adj
all birthweights low       23.7   20.8
<=1000 g low       41.5   59.4
1001-1500 g low       12.7   16.3
1501-2500 g low       14.6   10.6
>2500 g low       40.1   30.0
all birthweights low     19.4     15.7
<=1000 g low     #     53.1
1001-1500 g low     10.7     13.4
1501-2500 g low     7.9     7.0
>2500 g low     38.2     25.8
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of babies born 7 or more weeks prematurely receiving supplemental oxygen near term, risk-adj
all birthweights low       16.1   23.9
<=1000 g low       41.5   59.5
1001-1500 g low       13.6   17.0
1501-2500 g low       2.1   7.0
>2500 g low       #   15.8
all birthweights low     20.2     18.9
<=1000 g low     #     53.3
1001-1500 g low     13.4     14.5
1501-2500 g low     5.8     4.4
>2500 g low     #     9.5
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients with coagulase negative staphylococcus infection by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       2.4   3.9
<=1000 g low       13.4   21.7
1001-1500 g low       8.8   7.5
1501-2500 g low       0.4   1.7
>2500 g low       0.6   1.5
all birthweights low     1.2     2.7
<=1000 g low     24.1     22.5
1001-1500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     6.5
1501-2500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     0.9
>2500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     0.5
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients with fungal infection by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       0Quality Ribbon   0.6
<=1000 g low       0Quality Ribbon   3.9
1001-1500 g low       0Quality Ribbon   0.7
1501-2500 g low       0Quality Ribbon   0.3
>2500 g low       0Quality Ribbon   0.2
all birthweights low     0Quality Ribbon     0.5
<=1000 g low     0Quality Ribbon     4.2
1001-1500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     0.7
1501-2500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     0.0
>2500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     0.1
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients with intraventricular hemorrhage by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       22.0   19.1
<=1000 g low       42.8   41.1
1001-1500 g low       20.9   22.4
1501-2500 g low       16.9   14.0
>2500 g low       10.6   7.4
all birthweights low     10.7     15.8
<=1000 g low     24.2     36.6
1001-1500 g low     9.9     17.1
1501-2500 g low     7.1     10.1
>2500 g low     4.6     5.8
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients with severe intraventricular hemorrhage by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       5.1   6.3
<=1000 g low       10.6   19.3
1001-1500 g low       6.0   5.9
1501-2500 g low       3.0   2.2
>2500 g low       1.1   2.0
all birthweights low     4.9     4.7
<=1000 g low     14.4     17.0
1001-1500 g low     5.6     3.8
1501-2500 g low     1.3     1.2
>2500 g low     1.6     1.3
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients with late bacterial infection by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       2.0   4.1
<=1000 g low       16.1   21.6
1001-1500 g low       7.4   6.0
1501-2500 g low       0.4   1.9
>2500 g low       0.2   2.1
all birthweights low     0Quality Ribbon     2.5
<=1000 g low     0Quality Ribbon     18.0
1001-1500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     5.6
1501-2500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     1.0
>2500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     0.8
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients with extreme length of stay by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       6.4   6.1
<=1000 g low       3.1   5.8
1001-1500 g low       6.7   5.9
1501-2500 g low       6.1   4.4
>2500 g low       7.0   7.4
all birthweights low     2.7     4.1
<=1000 g low     #     3.4
1001-1500 g low     4.4     3.1
1501-2500 g low     2.8     3.2
>2500 g low     2.6     4.8
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients with necrotizing enterocolitis by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       3.9   2.4
<=1000 g low       19.5   12.6
1001-1500 g low       11.9   5.0
1501-2500 g low       2.4   1.7
>2500 g low       0.6   0.5
all birthweights low     1.2     1.4
<=1000 g low     0Quality Ribbon     9.1
1001-1500 g low     7.2     3.8
1501-2500 g low     0.7     0.9
>2500 g low     0.3     0.2
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients with pneumothorax by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       6.0   5.7
<=1000 g low       2.4   8.7
1001-1500 g low       1.5   4.0
1501-2500 g low       2.7   3.5
>2500 g low       8.9   7.1
all birthweights low     4.2     4.1
<=1000 g low     4.7     8.6
1001-1500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     2.9
1501-2500 g low     2.1     1.9
>2500 g low     5.8     5.2
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Neonatal ICU - % of patients with periventricular leukomalacia by birthweight, risk-adj
all birthweights low       0.8   2.7
<=1000 g low       2.6   5.6
1001-1500 g low       1.5   3.1
1501-2500 g low       0.6   1.8
>2500 g low       0Quality Ribbon   1.4
all birthweights low     0.5     1.8
<=1000 g low     0Quality Ribbon     4.7
1001-1500 g low     0Quality Ribbon     1.9
1501-2500 g low