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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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