Nationwide Children's Hospital


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2025-10

Address

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
1,250,434
Inpatient Hospitals
3
Emergency Department Sites
3
Urgent Care Sites
7
Primary Care Sites
13

Age at First Visit (in years)

Age # Patients % Patients
0 469,129 38%
1 - 4 288,966 23%
5 - 11 264,486 21%
12 - 17 165,536 13%
18 - 24 20,056 2%
25+ 42,261 3%
Mean 6
Median [Q1, Q3] 2.5 [0.2, 9.5]

Age at Last Visit (in years)

Age # Patients % Patients
0 59,275 5%
1 - 4 221,232 18%
5 - 11 347,356 28%
12 - 17 381,380 31%
18 - 24 174,714 14%
25+ 66,477 5%
Mean 12.4
Median [Q1, Q3] 11.9 [5.6, 17.3]

Sex

Sex # Patients % Patients
Female 617,266 49%
Male 633,084 51%

Race

Race # Patients % Patients
American Indian or Alaska Native 2,496 0%
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 49,230 4%
Black/African American 212,695 17%
White 772,833 62%
Multiple race 131,313 11%
Other 34,801 3%
Unknown 47,066 4%

Ethnicity

Ethnicity # Patients % Patients
Hispanic 69,400 6%
Not Hispanic 1,069,021 86%
Other/Unknown 112,013 9%

Insurance Payer

Payer # Patients % Patients
Medicare/Medicaid 534,045 43%
Private 594,026 48%
Other/Unknown 122,363 10%

Medical Complexity (PMCA)

Medical Complexity # Patients % Patients
Complex Chronic (malignant, progressive, or 2+ body systems) 53,920 4%
Noncomplex Chronic 93,693 8%
No Chronic Disorders 1,102,821 88%

Duration of Follow-up (in years)

Patient Type Mean Median [Q1, Q3]
All Patients 6.3 5.2 [1.3, 10.5]
Chronic Patients 8.7 8.3 [3.7, 13.4]
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