Healthcare in Toledo
The greater Toledo area supports 10 nonprofit hospitals. Three major characteristics of nonprofit hospitals are that they are governed by a volunteer board of trustees, they provide care to all patients, regardless of the ability to pay, and they reinvest surplus dollars into improving patient care and the community's health status, as well as maintaining and upgrading their facilities and medical technology.
With a total bed capacity of more than 2,000, Toledo's 10 nonprofit hospitals offer a full range of services, including specialized diagnostic and treatment centers that take advantage of the latest developments in medicine and technology. Metropolitan Toledo boasts doctors, nurses, specialists, and technicians who are among the most experienced and well trained in the nation.
As the region's largest employment sector, Toledo-area hospitals employ more than 14,000 people with a total payroll of more than $500 million. An additional 35,000 jobs are generated indirectly through employment with laboratories and service providers specializing in film processing, printing, food, linens, packaging deliveries, and advertising.
As community benefit organizations, Toledo-area hospitals offer high-quality, comprehensive, specialized, and preventive services that improve health status, lower the cost of care, and address medical needs. Through their various programs, the area's hospitals provide meals to the elderly; offer screenings for cancer, high blood pressure, and cholesterol, and promote education classes on fitness, parenting, and stress management. Toledo's hospitals and health systems work with surrounding communities to revitalize neighborhoods and to ensure safe environments for families.
Additionally, greater Toledo's healthcare facilities provide training for healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, and physical therapists. They also offer subsidized healthcare services — the difference between what the government (state or federal) pays for health service provided to a Medicare/Medicaid patient and what the service actually costs. Care to area patients without health insurance exceeds $100 million per year.
To improve the health status of greater Toledo residents, area hospitals are combining their efforts through the Healthy Communities Foundation of the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio. To that end, area hospitals partner with community organizations that provide free immunizations, support to people with cancer, emergency medication, and substance abuse prevention and teen tobacco cessation programs, among other services.
TOLEDO AREA HOSPITALS
University of Toledo Medical Center
3000 Arlington Ave., 43614
419-383-4444
www.meduohio.edu
Mercy Health Partners
www.mercyweb.org
Mercy Health Partners has four affiliated hospitals in the Toledo area:
St. Vincent Mercy Children's Hospital
2222 Cherry St., 43608
419-251-KIDS (5437)
St. Anne Mercy Hospital
3404 W. Sylvania, 43623
419-407-2663
St. Charles Mercy Hospital
2600 Navarre Ave., Oregon, 43616
419-696-7200
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center
2213 Cherry St., 43608
419-251-3232
ProMedica Health System
www.promedica.org
ProMedica Health System has four affiliated hospitals in the Toledo area:
Bay Park Community Hospital
2801 Bay Park Drive, Oregon, 43616
419-690-7900
Flower Hospital
5200 Harroun Rd., Sylvania, 43560
419-824-1444
Toledo Children's Hospital
2142 N. Cove Blvd., 43606
419-291-5437
The Toledo Hospital
2142 N. Cove Blvd., 43606
419-291-4000
St. Luke's Hospital
5901 Monclova Rd., Maumee, 43537
419-893-5911
www.stlukeshospital.com
The area's only independent hospital.
ADDITIONAL HEALTHCARE NUMBERS TO KNOW
AIDS Hot Line — 800-342-2437
Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Greater Toledo — 419-243-1119
Alzheimer's Association — 419-537-1999
American Cancer Society — 888-227-6446
American Diabetes Association — 419-841-5992
American Heart Association - Northwest Ohio — 419-740-6180
American Red Cross, Greater Toledo Chapter — 419-329-2900
American SIDS Institute — 800-232-SIDS
American Social Health Association, STD Hotline — 419-535-5929
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America — 800-7-ASTHMA
Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio, Inc. (senior services) — 419-382-0624
Cancer Society, Lucas County Office — 800-227-2345
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Northwest Ohio — 419-291-2207
Domestic Violence Hot Line — 800-799-7233; (TTY) 800-787-3224
The Epilepsy Center — 419-867-5950
Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center — 419-244-3053
Hemophilia Foundation of Northwest Ohio — 419-291-5882
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation — 419-873-1377
Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio — 419-329-2776
La Leche League — 419-251-2120
Leukemia Society of America — 419-955-4572
Lucas County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities — 419-380-4000
Lucas County Children's Services — 419-213-3200
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation — 419-534-3600
Multiple Sclerosis Society - National - Northwest Ohio Chapter — 419-897-9533
Narcotics Anonymous (24-hour help line) — 800-234-0420
National Reye's Syndrome Foundation, Inc. — 800-233-7393
Hospice of Northwest Ohio — 419-661-4001
Rape Crisis Center — 419-241-7006
Substance Abuse Services, Inc. — 419-243-7274
Teen Dating Abuse help line, National — 866-331-9474; (TTY) 866-331-8453
Toledo Hearing & Speech Center — 419-241-6219
Visiting Nurse Service — 419-255-0983
YWCA Battered Women's Shelter (24-hour hot line) —
419-241-7386
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