About Christiana Care
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About Christiana Care Health System
Christiana Care Health System, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, is one of the country's largest health care providers, ranking 16th in the nation for hospital admissions.
Christiana Care is a major teaching hospital with two campuses and more than 240 Medical-Dental residents and fellows. Christiana Care is recognized as a regional center for excellence in cardiology, cancer and women's health services. The system is home to Delaware's only Level I trauma center, the only center of its kind between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Christiana Care also features a Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit, the only delivering hospital in the state to offer this level of care for newborns.
A not-for-profit, non-sectarian health system, Christiana Care includes two hospitals with more than 1,100 patient beds, a home health care service, preventive medicine, rehabilitation services, a network of primary care physicians and an extensive range of outpatient services.
With more than 10,000 employees, Christiana Care is the largest private employer in Delaware and the 10th largest employer in the Philadelphia region. In Fiscal Year 2010, Christiana Care had more than $2.03 billion in total patient revenue and provided the community with $55.7 million in free care and medicine.
Statistics at a glance
Among hospitals in the United States, Christiana Care's ranking by volume is:
- 16th in admissions.
- 28th in births.
- 22nd in emergency visits.
- 19th in total surgeries.
Among hospitals on the East Coast, Christiana Care ranks:
- 10th in admissions.
- 12th in births.
- 13th in emergency visits.
- 10th in total surgeries.
(Source: American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database of 6,200 U.S. Hospitals, FY 2009, © Health Forum, LLC.)
| Fiscal Year 2009 statistics for Christiana Care Health System | |
|---|---|
| Admissions | 54,597 |
| Outpatient Visits | 533,618 |
| Emergency Department Visits | 160,491 |
| Home Health Care Visits | 272,716 |
| Births | 7,199 |
| Surgical Procedures | 41,879 |
| Open Heart Surgeries | 713 |
| Radiology Procedures | 320,907 |
| New Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment | 3,239 |
| Rehabilitation Patients | 938 |
| Joint Replacement Procedures | 1,792 |
| Clinical Research Studies | 688 |
| Employees | 10,487 |
| Volunteers | 1,276 |
| Medical-Dental Staff | 1,444 |
| Medical-Dental Residents and Fellows | 249 |
Christiana Care Health System
P.O. Box 1668, Wilmington, DE 19899-1668
800-693-2273
