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About Christiana Care

About Christiana Care Health System

Christiana Care Health System, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, is one of the country's largest health care providers, ranking 17th 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 features a Level 3 neonatal intensive care unit, the only delivering hospital in the state to offer this level of care for newborns. Christiana Care Health System is also home to Delaware's only Level I trauma center, the only center of its kind between Philadelphia and Baltimore.

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 10,400 employees, Christiana Care is the largest private employer in Delaware and the 10th largest employer in the Philadelphia region. In fiscal year 2011, Christiana Care had more than $2.1 billion in total patient revenue and provided the community with approximately $27.1 million in charity care (at cost).

Statistics at a glance

Among hospitals in the United States, Christiana Care's ranking by volume is:

  • 17th in admissions.
  • 26th in births.
  • 20th in emergency visits.
  • 23rd in total surgeries.

Among hospitals on the East Coast, Christiana Care ranks:

  • 10th in admissions.
  • 12th in births.
  • 10th in emergency visits.
  • 11th in total surgeries.

(Source: American Hospital Association Annual Survey Database of 6,200 U.S. Hospitals, FY 2009, © Health Forum, LLC)

Fiscal Year 2011 statistics for Christiana Care Health System
Admissions 52,884
Outpatient Visits 531,483
Emergency Department Visits 166,945
Home Health Care Visits 279,740
Births 6,641
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients 1,200
Surgical Procedures 40,220
Open Heart Surgeries 806
Radiology Procedures 319,744
New Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment 3,132
Rehabilitation Patients 677
Joint Replacement Procedures 2,241
Clinical Research Studies 709
Employees 10,477
Volunteers 1,206
Medical-Dental Staff 1,447
Medical-Dental Residents and Fellows 255

Christiana Care Health System
P.O. Box 1668, Wilmington, DE 19899-1668
302-733-1000

Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing CarePages Delaware Health Sciences Alliance
Christiana Care Health System PO Box 1668, Wilmington, DE 19899 www.christianacare.org
Christiana Care is a private not-for-profit regional health care system and relies in part on the generosity of individuals, foundations and corporations to fulfill its mission. To learn more about how you can support our mission, please visit christianacare.org/donors.