Palmetto Health Baptist

Taylor At Marion Street
Columbia, SC 29220
Palmetto Health Baptist is a hospital located in Columbia, SC. It has 3 specialty units, including Adult and Pediatric, Intensive Care, and Surgical Intensive Care.  
 
 
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Hospital Profile

Address
Taylor At Marion Street
Columbia, South Carolina (SC)
Provider Type
Acute Care
Ownership
Private
Accepts Medicare
Yes
Accepts Medicaid
Yes
 

HealthGrades Hospital Ratings

Cardiac services: At national average in 2 of 2 areas

Critical Care services: At national average in 3 of 4 areas

Gastrointestinal services: At national average in 4 of 5 areas

General Surgery services: At national average in 1 of 2 areas

Orthopedic services: At national average in 3 of 5 areas

Pulmonary services: Below national average in 1 of 2 areas

Vascular services: At national average in 1 of 1 areas

Hospital Features

Palmetto Health Baptist is a Short Term hospital. The facility has 335 beds of which 267 are Adult and Pediatric, 28 are Intensive Care, and 40 are Surgical Intensive Care.

  • Total beds
335
  • Surgical Intensive Care beds
40
  • Adult and Pediatric beds
267
  • Teaching Hospital
No
  • Intensive Care beds
28
 
 
 
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Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 8 of 9 procedures
Length of Stay is at the state average in 4 of 9 procedures
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Cardiac Doctors Associated with this Hospital

+ Cardiac Surgery
+ Cardiology
+ Cardiothoracic Surgery
+ Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
+ Interventional Cardiology
Top 10 Procedures and Diagnoses
bullet Total Knee Replacement
bullet Pneumonia
bullet Heart Failure
bullet Prostatectomy
bullet Sepsis
bullet Gastrointestinal Bleed
bullet Bowel Obstruction
bullet Stroke
bullet Hip Fracture Repair
bullet Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 

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: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for years 2006 through 2008.
 
 

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