Statistical data reflects the last complete fiscal year, ended September 30, 2007 (except where noted)

Last updated January 9, 2008.

Select . . . Beds Employees Physicians Revenue Sources Patient Days Discharges Discharges by Site (excludes Observation) Births Length of Stay Surgery Cases Laboratory Tests Cardiovascular Procedures Radiology Procedures Physical Medicine Units Emergency Room Visits Home Care Visits

Dates Founded

Charlton: 1885
St. Luke's: 1884
Tobey: 1938
All three merged on June 9, 1996, to become Southcoast Hospitals Group

Service Area

Southcoast Health System is a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island.

Southcoast serves more than 719,000 people in 33 communities and covers 928.5 square miles.

[Click here for a map of the Southcoast service area.]

Licensure

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Rhode Island Department of Health

Accreditation

• American Association of Blood Banks
• American Board of Radiology
• American College of Surgeons
• College of American Pathologists
• Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• US Food & Drug Administration
• US Department of Health and Human Services

Membership

• American Hospital Association
• Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Health Care Advisory Board
• Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals
• Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
• Massachusetts Hospital Association
• National Association of Urban Hospitals
• New Bedford Chamber of Commerce
• Premier Inc.
• Yankee Alliance

Affiliations

• Bristol Community College
• Tufts-New England Medical Center
• University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
• Women & Infants Hospital

Beds

This table reflects the number of beds in service by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Hospitals are often licensed for more beds than may be in service at any given time.

Updated on December 19, 2007.

809	Total Acute & Subacute Beds in Service (all three hospitals)
894	Total Acute & Subacute Licensed Beds (all three hospitals)
74	Total Bassinets in Service (all three hospitals)

Charlton:

328	Total Acute & Subacute Beds in Service
246	Medical/Surgical Beds
0	Pediatric
26	Obstetric
24	ICU/CCU/Surgical ICU
0	Psychiatric
32	Rehabilitation
37	Total Bassinets
29	Normal Newborn
8	Level II Nursery

St. Luke's:

407	Total Acute & Subacute Beds in Service
308	Medical/Surgical Beds
25	Pediatric
19	Obstetric
24	ICU/CCU/Surgical ICU
31	Psychiatric
0	Rehabilitation
28	Total Bassinets
20	Normal Newborn
8	Level II Nursery

Tobey:

74	Total Acute & Subacute Beds in Service
52	Medical/Surgical Beds
6	Pediatric
6	Obstetric
10	ICU/CCU/Surgical ICU
0	Psychiatric
0	Rehabilitation
9	Total Bassinets
9	Normal Newborn
0	Level II Nursery

Employees

5,898	Total Employees
2,506	Charlton
2,846	St. Luke's
546	Tobey

Physicians

756 - Total Physicians * Some physicians have privileges at multiple sites
429 - Charlton
376 - St. Luke's
146 - Tobey

Revenue

47.36% - Medicare
29.92% - Managed Care/HMOs
16.26% - Medicaid
4.45% - Free Care/Self-Pay
2.01% - Other
100.0% - Total

Patient Days

218,688 - Total Hospital Days
193,220 - Total Acute Days
8,777 - Psychiatric
7,688 - Rehabilitation Days
9,003 - Observation Days

178,789 - Acute, excluding newborns and psychiatric
8,716 - Newborn
5,091 - Level II Nursery

Discharges

44,895 - Total Hospital Discharges
37,368 - Total Acute Discharges
1,333 - Psychiatric
505 - Rehabilitation Discharges
5,689 - Observation Discharges

33,569 - Acute, excluding newborns and psychiatric
3,454 - Newborn
345 - Level II Nursery

Discharges by Site (excludes Observation)

39,206 - Total Hospital Discharges
17,014 - Charlton
18,161 - St. Luke's
4,031 - Tobey

Births

3,651 - Total Births
1,663 - Charlton
1,562 - St. Luke's
426 - Tobey

Length of Stay

5.35 - Total Hospital Length of Stay (LOS)
5.17 - Total Acute LOS
6.58 - Psychiatric
15.22 - Rehabilitation LOS


5.33 - Acute, excluding newborns and psychiatric
2.52 - Newborn
14.76 - Level II Nursery

Surgery Cases

38,783 - Total Surgery Cases
11,248 - Inpatient
23,776 - Outpatient
3,759 - Faunce Corner Surgery Center

Laboratory Tests

5,638,597 - Total Laboratory Tests
2,361,896 - Inpatient
3,276,701 - Outpatient

Cardiovascular Procedures (cases)

298 - Open Heart Surgery
601 - Angioplasty
2,153 - Diagnostic Catheterization

Radiology Procedures

413,063 - Total Radiology Procedures
118,197 - Inpatient
257,803 - Outpatient
37,063 - Truesdale Radiology

Physical Medicine Units

170,319 - Total Physical Medicine Units
62,028 - Inpatient
93,464 - Outpatient
14,827 - Occupational Health

Emergency Room Visits

175,897 - Total
70,181 - Charlton
78,137 - St. Luke's
27,579 - Tobey

Home Care Visits

86,921 - Total Home Care Visits