Nationwide Children's Hospital


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2026-01

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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
1,255,122
Inpatient Hospitals
3
Emergency Department Sites
3
Urgent Care Sites
7
Primary Care Sites
13

Age at First Visit (in years)

Age # Patients % Patients
0 475,428 38%
1 - 4 290,325 23%
5 - 11 263,566 21%
12 - 17 163,707 13%
18 - 24 19,822 2%
25+ 42,274 3%
Mean 6
Median [Q1, Q3] 2.4 [0.2, 9.4]

Age at Last Visit (in years)

Age # Patients % Patients
0 58,841 5%
1 - 4 221,077 18%
5 - 11 348,200 28%
12 - 17 383,771 31%
18 - 24 176,163 14%
25+ 67,070 5%
Mean 12.4
Median [Q1, Q3] 12.0 [5.6, 17.3]

Sex Recorded at Birth

Sex # Patients % Patients
Female 619,429 49%
Male 635,613 51%

Race

Race # Patients % Patients
American Indian or Alaska Native 2,462 0%
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 48,825 4%
Black/African American 214,343 17%
White 774,232 62%
Multiple race 133,703 11%
Other 34,974 3%
Unknown 46,583 4%

Ethnicity

Ethnicity # Patients % Patients
Hispanic 70,852 6%
Not Hispanic 1,071,518 85%
Other/Unknown 112,752 9%

Insurance

Payer # Patients % Patients
Medicare/Medicaid 537,913 43%
Private 592,844 47%
Other/Unknown 124,365 10%

Pediatric Medical Complexity Algorithm

Medical Complexity # Patients % Patients
Complex Chronic (malignant, progressive, or 2+ body systems) 55,014 4%
Noncomplex Chronic 95,130 8%
No Chronic Disorders 1,104,978 88%

Duration of Follow-up

Patient Type Mean (years) Median [Q1, Q3] (years)
All Patients 6.4 5.3 [1.4, 10.6]
Chronic Patients 8.7 8.4 [3.7, 13.4]
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