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Duncan Regional Hospital, INC

1407 Whisenant Drive, Duncan, OK 73533

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Duncan Regional Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 67% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 19 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 2. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 29 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 3/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 67% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 415 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 2 worse 1 better of 19 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 415 completed surveys, 18% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
67%
OK 74% · US 71% · 4 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
70%
OK 73% · US 72% · 4 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
79%
OK 81% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
80%
OK 81% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
59%
OK 63% · US 62% · 2 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
89%
OK 87% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
72%
OK 74% · US 74% · 4 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
61%
OK 66% · US 60% · 4 of 5 stars

This hospital Oklahoma 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. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as medium; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital OK US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 454 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min 2 h 29 min 1 h 57 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 21 visits sampled 3 h 57 min 2 h 54 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 31,550 patients 1% 2% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 12 patients 83% 66% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 350 patients 63% 61% 65%

How Duncan Regional 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
Duncan Regional Hospital, INCThis hospital3/567%2 h 29 min1 better 2 worse
Jackson County Memorial Hospital AuthoritySame ZIP area · Altus3/572%1 h 48 min2 better 1 worse
Lawton Indian HospitalSame ZIP area · LawtonNot rated65%—No different
Memorial HealthSame ZIP area · Lawton2/559%2 h 1 min1 better 5 worse
Southwestern Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Lawton2/572%2 h 15 min1 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 1,094 cases Too few cases 4.3% 3.9%
Heart attack 34 cases Too few cases 11.9% 11.9%
Heart failure 231 cases Too few cases 9.7% 11.1%
Pneumonia 330 cases Too few cases 12.9% 15.2%
Stroke 80 cases Too few cases 15.4% 11.9%
COPD 161 cases Too few cases 9.1% 8.6%

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Complications

How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.

12 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.93 likely 0.52 – 1.34 1
After hip or knee replacement 63 cases Too few cases 4.4% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 25 cases No different 173.53 per 1,000 likely 115.67 per 1,000 – 231.38 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 2,279 cases No different 0.31 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.27 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 3,145 cases No different 0.25 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 3,152 cases No different 0.29 per 1,000 likely 0.08 per 1,000 – 0.49 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 614 cases No different 2.07 per 1,000 likely 0.44 per 1,000 – 3.7 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 300 cases No different 1.53 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.2 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 300 cases No different 8.91 per 1,000 likely 0.26 per 1,000 – 17.57 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 633 cases No different 3.99 per 1,000 likely 1.64 per 1,000 – 6.33 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 259 cases No different 5.5 per 1,000 likely 1.41 per 1,000 – 9.6 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 100 cases No different 2.02 per 1,000 likely 0.52 per 1,000 – 3.52 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 312 cases No different 1.24 per 1,000 likely 0.19 per 1,000 – 2.29 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

Infections caught in the hospital

Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

3 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 0.52 likely 0.03 – 2.54 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0 1
C. diff intestinal infections No different 0.94 likely 0.46 – 1.72 1

3 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.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after heart failure 262 cases Too few cases 20.3% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 355 cases Too few cases 17.6% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 185 cases Too few cases 20.2% 20%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 32 cases Too few cases 5.9% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after heart failure 291 cases Too few cases 6.3 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 372 cases Too few cases -10 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 1,310 cases No different 16.4 per 1,000 likely 12.8 per 1,000 – 21.1 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 329 cases No different 1.1 likely 0.8 – 1.5 —

6 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

44 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.

Specialty Clinicians
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 5
Pharmacist 5
Speech-Language Pathologist 5
Dietitian, Registered 4
Emergency Medicine 3
Physician Assistant 3
Family 2
Occupational Therapist 2
Occupational Therapy Assistant 2
Physical Therapist 2
Physical Therapy Assistant 2
Clinical Nurse Specialist 1

First 12 alphabetically

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 Duncan Regional Hospital

Is Duncan Regional Hospital a good hospital?

Duncan Regional Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 19 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 2. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Duncan Regional Hospital?

67% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 415 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Duncan Regional Hospital emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 29 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with medium patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 45 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.