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Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

5555 West Thunderbird Road
Glendale, AZ 85306
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center is a District Authority owned hospital located in Glendale, AZ. It has 2 specialty units, including Adult and Pediatric and Intensive Care.  
 
 
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Hospital Profile

Address
5555 West Thunderbird Road
Glendale, Arizona (AZ)
Provider Type
Acute Care
Ownership
Government District Authority
Accepts Medicare
Yes
Accepts Medicaid
Yes
 

Hospital Ratings

Cardiac services: Above national average in 2 of 6 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Critical Care services: Above national average in 2 of 4 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Gastrointestinal services: At national average in 3 of 5 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

General Surgery services: At national average in 2 of 3 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Orthopedic services: At national average in 2 of 5 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Pulmonary services: At national average in 1 of 2 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Vascular services: At national average in 3 of 3 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Hospital Features

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center is a Short Term hospital. The facility has 333 beds of which 297 are Adult and Pediatric and 36 are Intensive Care.

  • Total beds
333
  • Intensive Care beds
36
  • Adult and Pediatric beds
297
  • Teaching Hospital
Yes
 
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Stay
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Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 15 of 15 procedures
Length of Stay is at the state average in 14 of 15 procedures
CardiacOrthopedicWomen's ServicesPulmonaryMore
Hospital Service Lines Cost Length of Stay
Atrial Fibrillation dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent) dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Attack dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Bypass Surgery dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Failure dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Valve Replacement Surgery dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon

Cardiac Doctors Associated with this Hospital

+ Cardiology
+ Cardiothoracic Surgery
+ Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
+ Interventional Cardiology
Top 10 Procedures and Diagnoses
bullet Maternity Care
bullet Appendectomy
bullet Heart Failure
bullet Pneumonia
bullet Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent)
bullet Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
bullet Stroke
bullet Heart Bypass Surgery
bullet Sepsis
bullet Heart Attack
 

There can be enormous quality differences between one hospital and another, and between one doctor and another.

For example, a recent study by HealthGrades found that a typical patient would have, on average, a 69 percent lower chance of dying in a five-star rated hospital compared to a one-star rated hospital.

 

Source for appendectomy and bariatric surgery: Individual states (AZ, CA, FL, IA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI ) for years 2003 - 2005.

Source for women's health and maternity care: Individual states (AZ, CA, FL, IA, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI ) for years 2004 - 2006.

Source for all other procedures: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for years 2004 - 2006.

 

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