Psychiatric Hospital

Delaware Psychiatric Center

1901 N Dupont Highway, New Castle, DE 19720

Psychiatric Quality Measures (IPFQR)

Delaware Psychiatric Center is a psychiatric facility evaluated under the CMS Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) program. Headline measures cover restraint and seclusion use, screening for antipsychotic-related metabolic side effects, substance-use and tobacco treatment, care transitions, follow-up after discharge, and readmissions.

Physical Restraint Use 0.0 hours per 1,000 patient-hours
National median: 0.1 hours Near national median

HBIPS-2 — hours of physical restraint use per 1,000 patient-hours. Lower is better; restraints carry physical and psychological risks.

Seclusion Use 0.0 hours per 1,000 patient-hours
National median: 0.0 hours Near national median

HBIPS-3 — hours of seclusion per 1,000 patient-hours. Lower is better; seclusion is used only when no other intervention works.

Metabolic Screening (SMD) 93.0 %
National median: 92.0 % Near national median

SMD — % of patients on antipsychotics screened for metabolic side effects (BMI, blood glucose, cholesterol). Antipsychotics raise metabolic-syndrome risk; screening catches it early.

Transition Record Completed 91.0 %
National median: 77.0 % Better than national median

TR-1 — % of discharges with a completed transition record including medications, follow-up plan, and crisis instructions.

Influenza Immunization 94.0 %
National median: 87.0 % Near national median

IMM-2 — % of patients given a flu vaccine during the inpatient stay.

Source: CMS Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting Program. Reporting period ending 12/31/2024.

Pricing & Costs

This hospital participates in price transparency under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. View 797 published procedures — gross charges, cash prices, and per-payer negotiated rates where available.

Across this hospital's priced procedures:
vs. DE median −44% runs 44% below the state median
vs. national median −23% runs 23% below the national median

Median percent difference across the 797 DRGs where this hospital has a comparable published price and the comparison cohort has enough hospitals to compute a stable median.

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Facility Information

Facility type
Psychiatric
Ownership
Government - State
Emergency services
No

Nearby Hospitals

Psychiatric Hospital

Meadowwood Behavioral Health System

New Castle, DE

Not rated · IPFQR (Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting) Psychiatric hospitals are evaluated under the IPFQR quality program, which measures outcomes specific to behavioral health care. CMS star ratings apply to acute care hospitals only.
About this data

Quality and ratings data are sourced from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare program. Star ratings are CMS's own calculation; CareRanks does not modify or re-weight them. Facility-level details (address, beds, ownership, teaching status) come from CMS provider files and the CMS Provider of Services file.

Pricing data, where shown, is drawn from the hospital's own Machine-Readable File (MRF) published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. See our methodology for the full update cadence and limitations.

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