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Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital

1500 Lansdowne Avenue
Darby, PA 19023
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital is a hospital located in Darby, PA. It has 2 specialty units, including Adult and Pediatric and Intensive Care.  
 
 
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Hospital Profile

Address
1500 Lansdowne Avenue
Darby, Pennsylvania (PA)
Provider Type
Acute Care
Ownership
Other
Accepts Medicare
Yes
Accepts Medicaid
Yes
 

Hospital Ratings

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

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

Gastrointestinal services: At national average in 4 of 5 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

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

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

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

Vascular services: Below national average in 1 of 1 areas, as rated by HealthGrades

Hospital Features

Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital is a Short Term hospital. The facility has 386 beds of which 329 are Adult and Pediatric and 57 are Intensive Care.

  • Total beds
386
  • Intensive Care beds
57
  • Adult and Pediatric beds
329
  • Teaching Hospital
Yes
 
Cost Lower Costdollar icon Average Costdollar icondollar icon Higher Costdollar icondollar icondollar icon Length of
Stay
Short Staybed icon Average Staybed iconbed icon Long Staybed iconbed iconbed icon
 
Procedures/Diagnosis costs are below the state average in 9 of 9 procedures
Length of Stay is at the state average in 3 of 9 procedures
CardiacOrthopedicWomen's ServicesPulmonaryMore
Hospital Service Lines Cost Length of Stay
Atrial Fibrillation dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon bed icon
Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent) dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Attack dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Bypass Surgery dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon bed icon
Heart Failure dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon

Cardiac Doctors Associated with this Hospital

+ Cardiology
+ Cardiothoracic Surgery
+ Interventional Cardiology
Top 10 Procedures and Diagnoses
bullet Heart Failure
bullet Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
bullet Pneumonia
bullet Gastrointestinal Bleed
bullet Sepsis
bullet Stroke
bullet Heart Attack
bullet Atrial Fibrillation
bullet Bowel Obstruction
bullet Appendectomy
 

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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