one of a kind care - Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
one of a kind care - Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
one of a kind care - Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
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fast facts<br />
The past year was <strong>one</strong> <strong>of</strong> tremendous growth in the number <strong>of</strong> children served at Children’s<br />
<strong>Mercy</strong>. Service statistics for calendar year 2005 include:<br />
CY2005<br />
Inpatient Care<br />
Admissions 13,102<br />
Average Length <strong>of</strong> Stay 5.21<br />
Average Daily Census 187.0<br />
Occupancy Rate 63.2%<br />
Patient Days<br />
Medical/Surgical 42,662<br />
Intensive Care Nursery 15,497<br />
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit 6,091<br />
Children’s <strong>Mercy</strong> South Patient Care Unit 4,001<br />
Total Patient Days 68,251<br />
Outpatient Visits<br />
Hospital Specialty <strong>Clinics</strong> 147,875<br />
Children’s <strong>Mercy</strong> South Specialty Center 44,793<br />
Children’s <strong>Mercy</strong> Northl<strong>and</strong> Specialty <strong>Clinics</strong> 9,356<br />
Primary Care <strong>Clinics</strong> 69,965<br />
Outreach <strong>Clinics</strong> 2,969<br />
Total Outpatient Visits 274,958<br />
Home Care Visits 2,372<br />
Emergency/Urgent Care Visits<br />
Hospital Emergency Room/Rapid Care 63,298<br />
Children’s <strong>Mercy</strong> South Urgent Care Center 32,869<br />
Children’s <strong>Mercy</strong> Northl<strong>and</strong> Urgent Care Center 14,292<br />
Total Emergency/Urgent Care Visits 110,459<br />
Surgical Procedures<br />
Inpatient Surgery 3,851<br />
Outpatient Surgery 11,744<br />
Total Surgical Procedures 15,595<br />
Employees: Full-time equivalent 3,460<br />
Volunteers: Active 849<br />
Medical Staff 507<br />
did you know?<br />
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Children’s <strong>Mercy</strong> was the first<br />
hospital in Missouri or Kansas, <strong>and</strong><br />
only the third children’s hospital<br />
internationally, to receive Magnet<br />
designation for Excellence in<br />
Nursing Service.<br />
In 2005, we provided more than<br />
$14.8 million in uncompensated<br />
<strong>care</strong>.<br />
Children’s <strong>Mercy</strong> is <strong>one</strong> <strong>of</strong> only 13<br />
National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health-funded<br />
Pediatric Pharmacology Research<br />
Units in the United States studying<br />
the effect <strong>of</strong> pharmaceuticals on<br />
children.<br />
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Our neonatal <strong>and</strong> pediatric critical<br />
<strong>care</strong> transport program is the third<br />
busiest specialty transport program<br />
in the nation, with more than 2,000<br />
transports every year.<br />
The Level IIIc Intensive Care Nursery<br />
at Children’s <strong>Mercy</strong> Hospital <strong>of</strong>fers<br />
the region’s highest level <strong>of</strong> <strong>care</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> provides services unavailable at<br />
any other nursery between Denver<br />
<strong>and</strong> St. Louis.<br />
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