Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is nationally recognized as a leader in pediatric healthcare, with a reputation for excellence in patient care, research and medical education.

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Statistics (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012)

Patient Care
Admissions (includes short stay)	30,579
Emergency Department Visits	124,274
Patient Encounters	1,144,858
Outpatient Visits
Primary Care	65,347
Specialty	832,317
Test Referral Center	65,247
Surgical Procedures
Inpatient	6,365
Outpatient	27,094
Surgical Hours	44,240
Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Pediatrics	631
Surgery	94
Radiology	49
Anesthesia	48
Staff
Clinical Fellows	217
Research Postdoctoral Fellows	136
Residents	218
Rotating Residents	176
Active Medical Staff	1,572
Advanced Practice Nurses	232
Total Employees	12,932
Operating Revenues and Expenses (dollars in thousands)
Patient Services Revenue	$1,286,492
Research Grants	$149,858
Total Operating Revenues	$1,851,738
Total Operating Expenses	$1,722,990
Net Operating Revenue Available to Reinvest	$128,748

Ranked third in the nation among all Honor Roll hospitals in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report survey of best children’s hospitals
Department of Pediatrics ranked third at a US medical school in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate schools
Magnet status, awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
Recognized for leadership in quality and patient safety. Winner of the 2012 Race for Results award from the national Children’s Hospital Association. Co-leader of the national Solutions for Patient Safety network.

Broke ground for a new clinical sciences building on our main campus that will add 425,000 square feet. When it opens in 2015, the building will provide space to consolidate and expand patient-oriented research.
Drove out $30 million in costs and decreased cost-per-patient encounter by about 4 percent on an inflation-adjusted basis. Achieved these savings through concentrated efforts to maximize efficiency and productivity, improve workflow and care delivery systems, and leverage purchasing power. These savings help prepare us for upcoming healthcare reforms and have made it possible for Cincinnati Children’s to lower prices by 10 percent for 255 specific services.
Collaborated with community partners to improve the health of local children, with an emphasis on four strategic priorities: asthma, obesity, unintentional injury and infant mortality.

Provided $270.1 million in free or discounted services to families unable to pay.
Raised more than $1.1 million for United Way, placing eighth on the list of top 10 local companies.
Operated the only Level 1 pediatric trauma center in Greater Cincinnati.
Provided outreach services and support valued at $3.1 million for community and nonprofit organizations that are focused on the health and well-being of children.

Served patients from 47 countries and 50 states in fiscal 2012.
212 physicians, nurses, scientists and hospital leaders from 34 countries visited for training and education.
International collaborations included work in Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, Malawi and Nigeria.
Established a collaboration with Israel’s Ben Gurion University (BGU) to develop and bring to market pediatric medical devices. The collaboration links Cincinnati Children’s medical and surgical expertise with BGU’s technical and engineering capabilities to address unmet needs for pediatric patients.
Championed the successful effort to pass an Ohio law allowing international visiting physicians not only to observe patient care but to gain hands-on experience under close supervision of an Ohio physician.

Cincinnati Children’s leads a series of international trials of the first medication that can shrink brain, lung and kidney tumors due to tuberous sclerosis (TS). In 2012, the FDA responded to newly reported data by approving the drug for treatment of non-cancerous kidney tumors in TS patients.
Received one of 17 NIH grants to develop human tissue chips that will make it possible to screen new drugs and help predict safety more rapidly and cost-effectively than current methods.
Participated in the launch of a multicenter, international gene therapy trial to correct severe combined immune deficiency. Manufactured the gene vector for the trial and successfully treated our first patient.
Established the Center for Prevention of Preterm Birth in the Cincinnati Children’s Perinatal Institute.
Reported results of a unique partnership with the Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati that is improving the health of low-income children living in substandard apartment buildings and preserving affordable housing.

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We are a full-service, not-for-profit pediatric academic medical center, established in 1883.

We comprise the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

We have 587 registered beds, including 85 inpatient psychiatry beds and 36 residential psychiatry beds.

We are the second-highest recipient of National Institutes of Health grants for pediatric research.

Our vision: to be the leader in improving child health.