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Babies born prior to 39 weeks gestation face higher rates of complications and are more likely to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit. This measure looks at the percent of deliveries performed between 37 and 39 weeks gestation that were not medically necessary.

After births for most medical exclusions are removed, the rate is calculated by dividing the number of patients with elective deliveries between 37 and 39 weeks gestation by the number of patients delivering babies between 37 and 39 weeks. Washington hospitals have decreased the statewide average from 15.3% in the third quarter of 2010 to 5.4% in the fourth quarter of 2011. This is a decrease of 65%.

2011 best practice goal: 7% or lower
2012 best practice goal: 5% or lower
The data below represents discharges from the third and fourth quarters of 2011.
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Elective
Delivery
National Average
n/a 
Washington Average
6.1% 
Top 10% of Hospitals Nationwide
n/a
Auburn Regional Medical Center King 149 No
 3
Capital Medical Center Thurston 110 No
25.0%
Cascade Medical Center Chelan 12 No
  2
Cascade Valley Hospital & Clinics Snohomish 48 No
6.3%
Central Washington Hospital Chelan 206 No
0.0%
Columbia Basin Hospital Grant 86 No
  2
Coulee Community Hospital Grant 25 No
  2
Dayton General Hospital Columbia 62 No
  2
Deaconess Medical Center Spokane 388 Yes
11.9%
East Adams Rural Hospital Adams 20 No
  2
Evergreen Healthcare King 275 No
3.4%
Fairfax Hospital King 157 No
  2
Ferry County Memorial Hospital Ferry 25 No
  2
Forks Community Hospital Clallam 45 No
  2
Garfield County Hospital District Garfield 45 No
  2
Grays Harbor Community Hospital Grays Harbor 140 No
31.3%
Group Health Central Hospital King 326 No
1.5%
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Elective
Delivery
Harborview Medical Center  b King 413 Yes
  2
Harrison Medical Center Kitsap 297 No
4.2%
Highline Medical Center King 269 No
0.0%
Island Hospital Skagit 43 No
18.9%
Jefferson Healthcare Jefferson 42 No
0.0%4
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Benton 270 No
17.4%
Kennewick General Hospital Benton 101 No
14.2%
Kindred Hospital Seattle King 80 No
  2
Kittitas Valley Community Hospital Kittitas 50 No
  2
Klickitat Valley Hospital Klickitat 25 No
  2
Lake Chelan Community Hospital Chelan 35 No
  2
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Clark 165 No
4.9%
Lincoln Hospital Lincoln 92 No
  2
Lourdes Medical Center Franklin 95 No
  2
Mark Reed Healthcare District Grays Harbor 24 No
  2
Mason General Hospital Mason 68 No
0.0%
Mid-Valley Hospital Okanogan 44 No
  2
Morton General Hospital Lewis 25 No
0.0%
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Pierce 225 No
4.8%
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Center Pierce 72 No
  2
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Elective
Delivery
MultiCare Tacoma General/Allenmore Hospital Pierce 521 Yes
3.4%
Navos King 40 No
  2
Newport Hospital & Health Services Pend Oreille 74 No
0.0%4
North Valley Hospital Okanogan 28 No
  2
Ocean Beach Hospital Pacific 25 No
  2
Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center Lincoln 44 No
  2
Olympic Medical Center Clallam 126 No
0.0%
Othello Community Hospital Adams 42 No
1.4%
Overlake Hospital Medical Center King 337 Yes
4.9%
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Clark 450 Yes
7.3%
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center Cowlitz 346 No
 3
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Whatcom 252 No
9.8%
PMH Medical Center Benton 61 No
0.0%
Providence Centralia Hospital Lewis 191 No
4.9%
Providence Holy Family Hospital Spokane 272 No
3.7%
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Stevens 55 No
11.1%4
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Snohomish 372 No
6.5%
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital Spokane 623 Yes
7.2%
Providence St. Joseph's Hospital - Chewelah Stevens 65 No
  2
Providence St. Mary Medical Center Walla Walla 141 No
0.0%
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Elective
Delivery
Providence St. Peter Hospital Thurston 390 Yes
4.0%
Pullman Regional Hospital Whitman 42 No
  2
Quincy Valley Medical Center Grant 25 No
  2
Regional Hospital For Respiratory & Complex Care King 40 No
  2
Samaritan Healthcare Grant 50 No
11.6%
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance King 20 No
  2
Seattle Children's King 250 Yes
  2
Seattle VA Medical Center King
  2
Shriners Hospital For Children Spokane 30 No
  2
Skagit Valley Hospital Skagit 137 No
7.0%
Skyline Hospital Klickitat 32 No
  2
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital & Clinics King 28 No
  2
Spokane VA Medical Center Spokane
  2
St. Anthony Hospital Pierce 80 No
  2
St. Clare Hospital Pierce 106 No
  2
St. Elizabeth Hospital King 38 No
  2
St. Francis Hospital King 110 Yes
0.0%
St. Joseph Medical Center Pierce 320 No
1.0%
St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute Spokane 102 No
  2
Sunnyside Community Hospital & Clinics Yakima 38 No
  2
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Elective
Delivery
Swedish Medical Center - Ballard  a King 163 Yes
3.2%
Swedish Medical Center - Cherry Hill King 385 Yes
  2
Swedish Medical Center - Edmonds Snohomish 217 No
0.0%
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill King 697 Yes
6.3%
Three Rivers Hospital Okanogan 43 No
0.0%4
Toppenish Community Hospital Yakima 63 No
3.2%
Tri-State Memorial Hospital Asotin 25 No
  2
United General Hospital Skagit 97 No
  2
University of Washington Medical Center King 450 Yes
7.0%
UW Medicine/Northwest Hospital Medical Center King 281 No
3.7%
UW Medicine/Valley Medical Center King 303 Yes
3.7%
Valley General Hospital Snohomish 112 No
  2
Valley Hospital & Medical Center Spokane 123 Yes
7.0%
Virginia Mason Medical Center King 371 Yes
  2
Walla Walla General Hospital Walla Walla 72 No
0.0%
Wenatchee Valley Hospital Chelan 20 No
  2
Whidbey General Hospital Island 25 No
  2
Whitman Hospital & Medical Center Whitman 25 No
0.0%
Willapa Harbor Hospital Pacific 26 No
  2
Yakima Regional Medical & Cardiac Center Yakima 214 Yes
  2
Hospital Name
County
Beds
Teaching
Elective
Delivery
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Yakima 226 Yes
3.4%
Footnotes:
1 :The number of cases is small (<25).
2 :This measure is not applicable to this hospital or no data is available.
3 :Data incomplete.
4 :Only Q4 data available.
a :Under same license as Swedish First Hill, data aggregated.
b :The only Level 1 Trauma Center.