Hospital Profile

Information in this report is taken from several sources / Definitions
Operating statistics from hospital cost report for period ending 06/30/2009.
Medicare inpatient billing data are for the 12 months ending 09/30/2009.
Medicare outpatient billing data are for the 12 months ending 12/31/2009.

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 103 1,734 10,661 9,113 21,508
Intensive Care Unit 10 265 1,522 976 2,763
Neonatal Intensive Care 11 0 1,423 173 1,596
TOTAL Hospital Acute 124 1,999 15,279 11,842 29,120

 
    Discharges / ALOS / ADC
    Medicare Medicaid Other Total
TOTAL Hospital Discharges 422 3,060 2,667 6,149
Average Length of Stay 4.7 5.0 4.4 4.7
Average Daily Census 5.5 41.9 32.4 79.8


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