Davita Crescent City Dialysis Center

About Davita Crescent City Dialysis Center

Davita Crescent City Dialysis Center is a dialysis facility in New Orleans , Louisiana certified on 10/16/2008 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Davita Crescent City Dialysis Center is located at 3909 Bienville Rd Ste 1B, New Orleans, LA 70119 and can be contacted via phone number (504) 483-7117.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	17
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	Davita
Chain owned	Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	10/16/2008

Services Offered

In-center hemodialysis: Yes
Peritoneal dialysis: Yes
Home hemodialysis training: No
Shifts starting after 5 p.m. No

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

As Expected
33 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis

100%

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis

N/A

Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis

N/A

Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis

N/A

Using the most effective access to the bloodstream

Rate of fistula

As Expected
66.5%

Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments

Keeping a patient's bone mineral levels in balance

Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood

Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths

Frequency of hospital admission

As Expected
262.3 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
35.1%

Frequency of patient death

Worse than Expected
32.9 per 100 patient-years

Patient survey rating

Overall experience

Patients who gave the dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)

71 %

Communication

Patients who reported that kidney doctors “always” communicated well and cared for them as a person

73 %

Patients who reported that YES their kidney doctors and dialysis center staff gave them the information they needed to take care of their health

79 %

Doctors & staff

Patients who gave their kidney doctors a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)

67 %

Patients who gave the dialysis center staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)

77 %

Patients who reported that dialysis center staff “always” communicated well, kept patients as comfortable and pain-free as possible, behaved in a professional manner, and kept the center clean