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

Last updated May 7, 2010.

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.

815	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:

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

Tobey:

64	Total Acute & Subacute Beds in Service
42	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

5,803	Total Employees
2,351	Charlton
2,897	St. Luke's
555	Tobey

Physicians

859 - Total Physicians * Some physicians have privileges at multiple sites
521 - Charlton
448 - St. Luke's
170 - Tobey

Revenue

47.2% - Medicare
29.09% - Managed Care/HMOs
18.49% - Medicaid
5.22% - Free Care/Self-Pay/Other
100.0% - Total

Patient Days

203,992 - Total Hospital Days
178,365 - Total Acute Days
8,190 - Psychiatric
6,140 - Rehabilitation Days
11,227 - Observation Days

164,323 - Acute, excluding newborns and psychiatric
8,853 - Newborn
4,605 - Level II Nursery

Discharges

45,085 - Total Hospital Discharges
36,899 - Total Acute Discharges
1,231 - Psychiatric
428 - Rehabilitation Discharges
6,527 - Observation Discharges

33,211 - Acute, excluding newborns and psychiatric
3,367 - Newborn
321 - Level II Nursery

Discharges by Site (excludes Observation)

38,558 - Total Hospital Discharges
15,673 - Charlton
18,183 - St. Luke's
4,702 - Tobey

Births

3,547 - Total Births
1,584 - Charlton
1,486 - St. Luke's
477 - Tobey

Length of Stay

4.52 - Total Hospital Length of Stay (LOS)
4.83 - Total Acute LOS
6.65 - Psychiatric
14.35 - Rehabilitation LOS


4.95 - Acute, excluding newborns and psychiatric
2.63 - Newborn
14.35 - Level II Nursery

Surgery Cases

36,131 - Total Surgery Cases
11,152 - Inpatient
21,943 - Outpatient
3,036 - Faunce Corner Surgery Center

Laboratory Tests

6,193,790 - Total Laboratory Tests
2,417,349 - Inpatient
3,776,441 - Outpatient

Cardiovascular Procedures (cases)

357 - Open Heart Surgery
403 - Angioplasty
2,369 - Diagnostic Catheterization

Radiology Procedures

414,251 - Total Radiology Procedures
112,826 - Inpatient
268,460 - Outpatient
32,965 - Truesdale Radiology

Physical Medicine Units

166,097 - Total Physical Medicine Units
59,574 - Inpatient
92,492 - Outpatient
14,031 - Occupational Health

Emergency Room Visits

178,154 - Total
68,177 - Charlton
79,778 - St. Luke's
30,199 - Tobey

Home Care Visits

83,165 - Total Home Care Visits