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21 46. Patients who said their nurses "sometimes" or "never" communicated well: 4 percent Pain control 47. Patients who said their pain was "always" well controlled: 71 percent 48. Patients who said their pain was "usually" well controlled: 22 percent 49. Patients who said their pain was "some- times" or "never" well controlled: 7 percent Explanation of medicines 50. Patients who said staff "always" explained medicines before administering: 65 percent 51. Patients who said staff "usually" explained medicines before administering: 18 percent 52. Patients who said staff "sometimes" or "never" explained medicines before adminis- tering: 17 percent Assistance from hospital staff 53. Patients who said they "always" received help as soon as they wanted: 69 percent 54. Patients who said they "usually" received help as soon as they wanted: 23 percent 55. Patients who said they "sometimes" or "never" received help as soon as they wanted: 8 percent Recovery plan 56. Patients who said staff provided informa- tion about what to do during their recovery at home: 87 percent 57. Patients who said staff did not provide in- formation about what to do during their recov- ery at home: 13 percent Care plan at discharge 58. Patients who strongly agreed they under- stood their care when they le the hospital: 52 percent 59. Patients who agreed they understood their care when they le the hospital: 43 percent 60. Patients who disagreed or strongly dis- agreed they understood their care when they le the hospital: 5 percent Staffing Source: American Hospital Association "Hospi- tal Statistics" report, 2017 Edition. Full- and part-time staff averages are for the hospital unit only and do not include separate nursing home units. Average full-time staff 61. Hospitals with six to 24 beds: 99 62. Hospitals with 25 to 49 beds: 176 63. Hospitals with 50 to 99 beds: 286 64. Hospitals with 100 to 199 beds: 646 65. Hospitals with 200 to 299 beds: 1,192 66. Hospitals with 300 to 399 beds: 1,727 67. Hospitals with 400 to 499 beds: 2,562 68. Hospitals with 500 or more beds: 5,005 Average part-time staff 69. Hospitals with six to 24 beds: 50 70. Hospitals with 25 to 49 beds: 81 71. Hospitals with 50 to 99 beds: 132 72. Hospitals with 100 to 199 beds: 263 73. Hospitals with 200 to 299 beds: 453 74. Hospitals with 300 to 399 beds: 567 75. Hospitals with 400 to 499 beds: 835 76. Hospitals with 500 or more beds: 1,341 Utilization Source: American Hospital Association "Hospi- tal Statistics" report, 2017 Edition. Average admissions per year 77. Hospitals with six to 24 beds: 394 78. Hospitals with 25 to 49 beds: 922 79. Hospitals with 50 to 99 beds: 2,098 80. Hospitals with 100 to 199 beds: 5,779 81. Hospitals with 200 to 299 beds: 11,011 82. Hospitals with 300 to 399 beds: 16,133 83. Hospitals with 400 to 499 beds: 20,410 84. Hospitals with 500 or more beds: 33,623 Average length of stay 85. Hospitals with six to 24 beds: 4.5 days 86. Hospitals with 25 to 49 beds: 5.1 days 87. Hospitals with 50 to 99 beds: 5.5 days 88. Hospitals with 100 to 199 beds: 4.6 days 89. Hospitals with 200 to 299 beds: 4.7 days 90. Hospitals with 300 to 399 beds: 4.9 days 91. Hospitals with 400 to 499 beds: 5.1 days 92. Hospitals with 500 or more beds: 5.5 days Average inpatient surgeries per year Averages include both hospital and nursing home units. 93. Hospitals with six to 24 beds: 90 94. Hospitals with 25 to 49 beds: 200 95. Hospitals with 50 to 99 beds: 480 96. Hospitals with 100 to 199 beds: 1,419 97. Hospitals with 200 to 299 beds: 2,893 98. Hospitals with 300 to 399 beds: 4,182 99. Hospitals with 400 to 499 beds: 5,710 100. Hospitals with 500 or more beds: 10,236 Average outpatient visits per year Averages include both hospital and nursing home units. 101. Hospitals with six to 24 beds: 23,780 102. Hospitals with 25 to 49 beds: 45,249 103. Hospitals with 50 to 99 beds: 66,154 104. Hospitals with 100 to 199 beds: 135,975 105. Hospitals with 200 to 299 beds: 212,085 106. Hospitals with 300 to 399 beds: 271,538 107. Hospitals with 400 to 499 beds: 415,662 108. Hospitals with 500 or more beds: 667,839 Average outpatient surgeries per year Averages include both hospital and nursing home units. 109. Hospitals with six to 24 beds: 663 110. Hospitals with 25 to 49 beds: 1,040 111. Hospitals with 50 to 99 beds: 1,708 112. Hospitals with 100 to 199 beds: 3,417 113. Hospitals with 200 to 299 beds: 5,528 114. Hospitals with 300 to 399 beds: 6,934 115. Hospitals with 400 to 499 beds: 9,364 116. Hospitals with 500 or more beds: 15,124 Finance Average adjusted expenses per inpatient day Source: Kaiser State Health Facts, accessed in 2017 and based on 2015 data. Adjusted expenses per inpatient day include all operating and nonoperating expenses for reg- istered U.S. community hospitals, defined as public, nonfederal, short-term general and other hospitals. e figures are an estimate of the ex- penses incurred in a day of inpatient care and have been adjusted higher to reflect an estimate of the volume of outpatient services. 117. Nonprofit hospitals: $2,413 118. For-profit hospitals: $1,831 119. State/local government hospitals: $2,013 Key ratios Source: Moody's Investors Service, "U.S. Not-for- Profit Hospital 2015 Medians" report, Septem- ber 2016. e medians are based on an analysis of audited 2015 financial statements for 340 freestanding hospitals, single-state health systems and multi-