Facts & Stats
SickKids by the Numbers
Clinical Care
Inpatient Activity
269.5
Average number of beds occupied daily
6.35
Average length of stay (days)
15,532
Admissions
15,538
Discharges
98,362
Patient days
Outpatient Activity
71,232
Emergency visits
219,249
Clinic visits*
(includes clinic, day/night and virtual visits)
290,481
Total ambulatory visits
Operating Room Cases
6,055
Inpatient and same-day admit cases
5,458
Outpatient cases
11,513
Total OR cases
STAFF, STUDENTS, TRAINEES AND VOLUNTEERS
Hospital Operations and Clinical Care
3,675
Health-care professionals (non-research)
3,307
Management and support (non-research)
463
Physicians
Research Staff
276
Scientists**
401
Project Investigators and Team Investigators***
843
Research staff (primarily grant-funded)
226
Research Operations staff
167
Core Facilities research staff
Students and Trainees
239
Research fellows
632
Research graduate students
456
Research students (including summer students)
1,408
Medical Affairs residents and fellows
745
All other clinical and corporate students
Volunteers
852
Registered volunteers
200
Women's Auxiliary Volunteers (WAV)
Total
13,890
Total
*Clinic visits exclude diagnostic imaging, allied health, research
and administration
**Of these, 154 are both researchers and clinicians, reflected in
the clinical staff numbers above.
***Staff who spend less than 50 per cent of their time on research
activities are also counted within Hospital Operations and
Clinical Care numbers.
Clinical Care - Quality Improvement Plan Indicators
Our Quality Improvement Plan (QIP), which outlines our quality and safety priorities, represents our commitment to ensuring the care and services we provide are accessible, effective, safe, patient-centred and promote an integrated health system. In accordance with the Excellent Care for All Act, we post our QIP publicly and submit it to the provincial government to improve care across the health system. Data reported is based on the calendar year (January to December 2022). Read the latest progress report.
Read our Strategic Plan ›73,146
Virtual Visits*
*Includes in-person, day hospital, and virtual visits that took place with physician, nursing and allied health providers
Quality Theme
Timely and Efficient Transitions
INDICATOR
2022 Performance
2023 Target
Time to inpatient bed from ED (hours)
8.22
7
Virtual outpatient visits (percentage of total)
35%
>30%
Patient-Centred Service Excellence
INDICATOR
2022 Performance
2023 Target
Inpatient caregiver communication survey (positive response rate)
56.5%
67%
Safe and Effective Care
INDICATOR
2022 Performance
2023 Target
Total number of workplace violence incidents reported by staff
154
150
Rate of potentially preventable hospital acquired conditions (HACs) including one additional harm metric (per 1,000 patient days)
1.10
1.25
Serious safety event rate (per 10,000 adjusted patient days)
0.67
0.60
Compliance to Connected Care hospital to home transition program (percentage of patients discharged with full package)
96%
94%