Vanderbilt University Hospital

21st Avenue South And Garland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232
Vanderbilt University Hospital is a hospital located in Nashville, TN. It has 4 specialty units, including Adult and Pediatric, Burn Intensive Care, Coronary Care, and Surgical Intensive Care.  
 
 
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Hospital Profile

Address
21st Avenue South And Garland Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee (TN)
Provider Type
Acute Care
Ownership
Other
Accepts Medicare
Yes
Accepts Medicaid
Yes
 

HealthGrades Hospital Ratings

Cardiac services: At national average in 5 of 5 areas

Critical Care services: Above national average in 2 of 4 areas

Gastrointestinal services: At national average in 4 of 5 areas

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

Orthopedic services: At national average in 3 of 5 areas

Pulmonary services: At national average in 1 of 2 areas

Vascular services: At national average in 3 of 3 areas

Hospital Features

Vanderbilt University Hospital is a Short Term hospital. Its residency program is certified by the AMA. The facility has 705 beds of which 449 are Adult and Pediatric, 24 are Burn Intensive Care, 74 are Coronary Care, and 54 are Surgical Intensive Care.

  • Total beds
705
  • Surgical Intensive Care beds
54
  • Adult and Pediatric beds
449
  • Teaching Hospital
Yes
  • Burn Intensive Care beds
24
  • Residency Program Approval:
AMA
  • Coronary Care beds
74
 
 
 
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Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 9 of 14 procedures
Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 3 of 14 procedures
Hospital Service Lines Cost Length of Stay
Bowel Obstruction dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Carotid Surgery dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Cholecystectomy dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Diabetic Acidosis and Coma dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Gastrointestinal Bleed dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Gastrointestinal Surgeries and Procedures dollar icon dollar icon bed icon
Pancreatitis dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Peripheral Vascular Bypass dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Prostatectomy dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon
Pulmonary Embolism dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Resection/Replacement of Abdominal Aorta dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Respiratory Failure dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Sepsis dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon
Stroke dollar icon dollar icon dollar icon bed icon bed icon bed icon

Doctors Associated with this Hospital

+ Addiction Psychiatry
+ Adolescent Psychiatry & Pediatric Psychiatry
+ Critical Care Medicine
+ Critical Care Surgery
+ Diabetes, Metabolism & Endocrinology
+ Family Practice
+ Gastroenterology
+ General Surgery
+ Geriatric Medicine
+ Hand Surgery
+ Hematology
+ Internal Medicine
+ Interventional Radiology & Vascular Radiology
+ Nephrology
+ Neurology
+ Neurosurgery
+ Oncology
+ Orthopedic Surgery
+ Pediatric Cardiology
+ Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
+ Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health
+ Pediatric Endocrinology
+ Pediatric Gastroenterology
+ Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine
+ Pediatric Nephrology
+ Pediatric Neurology
+ Pediatrics
+ Psychiatry
+ Surgery - Other
+ Thoracic Surgery
+ Urology
+ Vascular Neurology
+ Vascular Surgery
Top 10 Procedures and Diagnoses
bullet Coronary Interventional Procedures (Angioplasty/ Stent)
bullet Heart Failure
bullet Heart Attack
bullet Prostatectomy
bullet Pneumonia
bullet Heart Bypass Surgery
bullet Valve Replacement Surgery
bullet Stroke
bullet Sepsis
bullet Gastrointestinal Bleed
 

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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