Nationwide Children's Hospital


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2025-07

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700 Children's Drive Columbus, OH, 43205
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Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH) is a 508-bed hospital with over 18,000 admissions and 1.2 million outpatient visits annually. It also performs nearly 10,000 inpatient and over 17,000 outpatient surgeries annually. Care is provided at 62 sites largely concentrated in central Ohio. NCH operates 15 wholly owned primary care sites that serve 75,000 unique children and adolescents as their medical home. In addition, NCH operates Urgent Care Centers and one of the largest ED’s in the US totaling 250,000 visits per year. NCH also operates the largest pediatric outpatient service at a children’s hospital in the US with more than 180,000 visits per year. All of these sites have been used for research enrollment as have others. NCH’s ChildLab is the largest provider of pediatric labs in the state and operates at numerous sites both in central Ohio and southern and eastern parts of the state. ChildLab has partnered on other research studies. Finally, NCH is also home to Partners for Kids, the largest and oldest pediatric Accountable Care Organization in the US exclusively for children. Partners for Kids has been committed to enrolling patients in research to improve care since its inception and currently is home to a PCORI award and an NIMH contract focused on quality improvement.

Summary of PEDSnet Core Data

Total Patients
1,237,126
Inpatient Hospitals
3
Emergency Department Sites
3
Urgent Care Sites
7
Primary Care Sites
13

PEDSnet patient demographic data for Nationwide Children’s Hospital:

Age at First Visit (in years)

Age # Patients % Patients
0 462,677 37%
1 - 4 286,225 23%
5 - 11 262,377 21%
12 - 17 164,116 13%
18 - 24 19,886 2%
25+ 41,845 3%
Mean 6
Median [Q1, Q3] 2.5 [0.2, 9.5]

Age at Last Visit (in years)

Age # Patients % Patients
0 58,651 5%
1 - 4 219,904 18%
5 - 11 344,953 28%
12 - 17 376,382 30%
18 - 24 171,638 14%
25+ 65,598 5%
Mean 12
Median [Q1, Q3] 11.9 [5.6, 17.2]

Sex Recorded at Birth

Sex # Patients % Patients
Female 610,765 49%
Male 626,279 51%

Race

Race # Patients % Patients
American Indian or Alaska Native 2,471 0%
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 48,659 4%
Black/African American 210,500 17%
White 764,972 62%
Multiple race 129,052 10%
Other 34,251 3%
Unknown 47,221 4%

Ethnicity

Ethnicity # Patients % Patients
Hispanic 68,112 6%
Not Hispanic 1,058,022 86%
Other/Unknown 110,992 9%

Insurance

Payer # Patients % Patients
Medicare/Medicaid 528,354 43%
Private 586,379 47%
Other/Unknown 122,393 10%

Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm

Medical Complexity # Patients % Patients
Complex Chronic (malignant, progressive, or 2+ body systems) 51,640 4%
Noncomplex Chronic 91,665 7%
No Chronic Disorders 1,093,821 88%

Duration of Follow-up

Patient Type Mean Median [Q1, Q3]
All Patients 6 5.2 [1.3, 10.4]
Chronic Patients 9 8.4 [3.7, 13.4]
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