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All children need children's hospitals.
Why?
Children are not small adults. Constantly growing and changing, their health care needs are different
from adults. Children require more in specialized nursing, medications and monitoring. This care
needs to be delivered in a "child-friendly" environment that allows parents to be active
participants in treatment plans.
The children's hospitals in South Carolina were designed just for kids. And, like children's hospitals across
the nation, our members serve the state's children in numerous ways.
Children's hospitals are safety net healthcare providers.
The children's hospitals of South Carolina provide specialized care to kids of all ages,
races, and ethnic backgrounds, regardless of their ability to pay or health status.
No child is turned away.
Nationally, children's hospitals provide 10 times as much inpatient care to low-income
children as other hospitals.
Children's hospitals, on average, provide nearly 50% of their inpatient services to
children enrolled in the Medicaid program.
Children's hospitals do more than provide inpatient care.
Regional Centers
Children's hospitals serve as regional centers of child health services - dedicating their efforts to ensure that every child has access to high-quality, cost-effective, primary, preventive, and specialty care services tailored to fit their needs.
Research Centers
Children's hospitals are instrumental in children's health care research, accounting for 30% of all NIH-funded pediatric research.
Training Centers
Children's hospitals train 30% of all pediatricians and nearly 50% of pediatric specialists.
Advocacy Centers
Children's hospitals are actively engaged in community outreach programs dedicated to prevention of disease and injury in children.
Children's hospitals are active legislatively to protect children and their access to child-centered health care.
Other interesting facts about children's hospitals:
[Source: NACHRI]
- Children under age two require nearly 40% more nursing care.
- Children's hospitals on average devote 60% of their care to children under age six.
- Children's hospitals on average devote nearly a quarter of their care to newborns.
- Children's hospitals, on average, dedicate 26% of their beds to intensive care units, compared to only 9% in general hospitals.
For more information about children's hospitals, visit the National Association of Children's Hospitals and
Related Institutions.
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