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CMS certification 181310

Carroll County Memorial Hospital

309 Eleventh Street, Carrollton, KY 41008

Critical Access Hospitals Emergency services

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Carroll County Memorial Hospital. 74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. On all 1 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 45 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.

CMS overall rating Not rated There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.
Would definitely recommend 74% US average 71%
Patient survey rating Not rated 27 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 0 worse 0 better of 1 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 27 completed surveys, 18% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Very few patients were eligible for the CAHPS survey. The scores shown reflect fewer than 50 completed surveys. Use these scores with caution, as the number of surveys may be too low to reliably assess facility performance.
Would definitely recommend the hospital
74%
KY 71% · US 71%
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
83%
KY 73% · US 72%
Nurses always communicated well
93%
KY 82% · US 80%
Doctors always communicated well
86%
KY 82% · US 80%
Staff always explained new medicines
64%
KY 63% · US 62%
Given information about recovering at home
77%
KY 87% · US 86%
Room was always clean
76%
KY 75% · US 74%
Always quiet at night
58%
KY 62% · US 60%

This hospital Kentucky average US average

Emergency department

How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital KY US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 276 visits sampled 1 h 45 min 2 h 30 min 2 h 42 min

How Carroll County Memorial Hospital compares with nearby hospitals

The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.

Hospital CMS stars Would recommend ER median time Vs the nation
Carroll County Memorial HospitalThis hospitalNot rated74%1 h 45 minNo different
St Elizabeth EdgewoodSame ZIP area · Edgewood5/574%2 h 12 min6 better 2 worse
Harrison Memorial HospitalSame ZIP area · Cynthiana3/583%2 h 51 min1 better 2 worse
St Elizabeth FlorenceSame ZIP area · Florence3/567%2 h 38 min2 better 1 worse
Meadowview Regional Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Maysville4/553%2 h 29 min3 better
St Elizabeth Ft ThomasSame ZIP area · Fort Thomas5/570%2 h 24 min3 better 1 worse

Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.

Deaths

How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
All patients, hospital-wide 64 cases Too few cases 4.3% 3.9%

6 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Readmissions and return visits

How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after pneumonia 31 cases Too few cases 18% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 25 cases Too few cases 20.8% 20%

12 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Not reported for this hospital

CMS had too few cases here to publish results for complications, infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.

How to read this page

  • Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
  • “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
  • Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
  • Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
  • These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.

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Common questions about Carroll County Memorial Hospital

Is Carroll County Memorial Hospital a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Carroll County Memorial Hospital. On all 1 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it is no different from the national rate. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Carroll County Memorial Hospital?

74% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 27 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Carroll County Memorial Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 1 h 45 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.