The General in Baton Rouge, LA

The General is an acute care hospital in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It does not currently have a CMS Overall Star Rating, which usually means it reports too few measures to be rated. It has 466 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. The nearest other listed hospital is Baton Rouge Behavioral Hospital, about 0.3 mi away.

How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.

Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.

• Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsNo different · SIR 0.23

76% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.

SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.

• Would definitely recommend74%
• Rated the hospital 9 or 1074%
• Completed surveys26

Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.

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