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James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (altoona)

2907 Pleasant Valley Boulevard, Altoona, PA 16602 · (814) 943-8164

VA hospitalVeterans Health AdministrationNo emergency room

James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (altoona) is a Veterans Affairs hospital in Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County). It has no emergency room and holds 5 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 80% of patients said they would definitely recommend it.

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Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 177 surveys

80%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
84%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart failure
11.4%
Pneumonia
13.0%
COPD
7.8%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
21.1%
Pneumonia
17.1%

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

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This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

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