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Patient Experience
Medical Surgical ICU
Cardiac ICU
Bariatric/Weight Control Services
Addiction Treatment Services
Onsite Emergency Department
Patient Experience
Medical Surgical ICU
Cardiac ICU
Bariatric/Weight Control Services
Addiction Treatment Services
Onsite Emergency Department
Doctors at Lower Bucks Hospital
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Guillermo J. Bernal MD
Newtown, PA
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
General Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
William F. Bonner MD
Fairless Hills, PA
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
General Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Traci L. Cook DO
Langhorne, PA
Obstetrics & Gynecology
General Obstetrics, Minimally Invasive / Endoscopic Surgery
Umar Farooq MD
Bensalem, PA
Internal Medicine
General Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology
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Patient Experience
Scores are based on surveys taken from this hospital’s inpatients after they were discharged inquiring about different aspects of their stay. The scores are not used in the Best Hospitals rankings.
Satisfaction with the hospital overall
How the patient felt about their hospital stay and discharge overall.
Willingness to recommend
Willingness of patients to recommend this hospital to others.
Satisfaction with doctors’ communications
How patients rated physicians in listening and explaining in a way that patients could understand.
Satisfaction with nurses’ communications
How patients rated nurses in listening and explaining in a way that patients could understand.
Satisfaction with efforts to prevent medication harm
How well medications, how they were to be taken, and side effects were explained before they were administered.
Satisfaction with quality of discharge information
How well staff reviewed adequacy of help at home and provided enough information in writing about symptoms and problems to watch for.
Satisfaction with involvement in recovery
How well patients’ wishes were considered in discharge planning and how well patients understood when they left how to care for themselves, what medications they will take and why.
Satisfaction with staff responsiveness
How promptly help was provided when needed or requested.
Satisfaction with hospital room cleanliness
How patients rated the cleanliness of their hospital room and bathroom.
Satisfaction with noise volume
How well patients rated the quietness of their hospital experience.
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Health Equity
Health equity is the absence of unjust and avoidable differences among groups of people, regardless of social, economic, or demographic identification. U.S. News evaluates hospital performance in health equity by analyzing data on various dimensions of equity for historically underserved patients.
See how we collect and evaluate data for health equityRacial Disparities in OutcomesNew
How successful the hospital is in enabling Black patients to live at home during their first 30 days of recovery, compared to White patients at that hospital. Recovery at home, rather than at a hospital or nursing home, is preferred by most patients and families.
Days at home after knee replacement, hip replacement, or back surgery (spinal fusion)
Too few patients to be rated
Charity Care
How well hospital spending on free and discounted care for uninsured patients aligns with the proportion of uninsured in the surrounding community.
Charity care provision for uninsured patients
Higher than other hospitals
Community Residents Who Accessed Care at this HospitalNew
How well the surrounding community is represented in the population treated by the hospital.
Representation of low-income patients
Similar to other hospitals
Breakdown by Race & Ethnicity
The percentage of patients treated by the hospital for elective procedures compared to the community. County and state percentages were not included in the calculation of hospital scores.
Representation of non-white patients
Insufficient data
Representation of Black patients
Insufficient data
Representation of Asian American and Pacific Islander patients
Insufficient data
Representation of Hispanic patients
Insufficient data
Representation of Native American patients
Insufficient data
Certain data used for the health equity analysis was provided by CareJourney and the Dartmouth Atlas Data website.
Elements of the Racial Disparities in Outcomes and Breakdown by Race & Ethnicity measures were developed by CareJourney using data accessed securely through the CMS Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC).
The data set forth at certain elements of the Community Residents Who Accessed Care at This Hospital and Charity Care portions of this Health Equity section were obtained from the Dartmouth Atlas Data website, which was funded by the...
Contact & Location
- Address
- 501 Bath Road Bristol, PA 19007-3190
- Phone Number
- (215) 785-9200
Hospital Location
Lower Bucks Hospital
501 Bath Road, Bristol, PA, 19007-3190
Map Key
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