Hospital Profile

Information in this report is taken from several sources / Definitions
Operating statistics from hospital cost report for period ending 06/30/2008.
Medicare inpatient billing data are for the 12 months ending 09/30/2008.
Medicare outpatient billing data are for the 12 months ending 12/31/2006.

Earl K. Long Medical Center
5825 Airline Highway
Baton Rouge, LA 70805
(225) 358-1000

Hospital Characteristics

Hospital Website: www.lsuhsc.edu/hcsd/
Type of Control: Governmental, State
Parish: East Baton Rouge
Metropolitan Area: Baton Rouge, LA
Urban/Rural Designation: Urban
Accreditation Status: JCAHO / 02/13/2002 - 02/12/2005

Volumes by Type of Payer

Inpatient Days
  Beds Medicare Medicaid Other Total
Routine Services 97 2,326 10,657 11,338 24,321
Intensive Care Unit 10 363 2,355 532 3,250
Neonatal Intensive Care 10 0 1,119 1,360 2,479
TOTAL Hospital Acute 117 2,689 15,469 13,756 31,914
Psychiatric Unit 44 750 3,563 4,109 8,422

 
    Discharges / ALOS / ADC
    Medicare Medicaid Other Total
TOTAL Hospital Discharges 475 2,916 3,220 6,611
Average Length of Stay 5.7 5.3 4.3 4.8
Average Daily Census 7.4 42.4 37.7 87.4


Clinical Services Provided

Emergency Services
Emergency Department
Other Services
Hemodialysis
Inpatient Surgery
Obstetrics
Subprovider Units
Psychiatric
Special Care
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Neonate Intensive Care