Dayton Children's Hospital

What Dayton Children's Hospital does

Dayton Children's Hospital is a private, non-profit pediatric hospital founded in 1919 and headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, serving children and families across the region. It operates a comprehensive pediatric service portfolio across 9+ specialty lines, including cardiology, ear/nose/throat, gastroenterology, mental health, neurology, orthopedics, primary care, sports medicine, and urology, supported by a dedicated emergency department, Kids Express urgent care locations, a primary care network, an inpatient and outpatient surgery center, a mental health crisis facility, and a growing rehabilitation services program. Patient visits for rehabilitative therapy more than doubled over the past five years, prompting a planned new rehab facility on Valley Street.

Its technology stack centers on pediatric clinical workflows, anchored by a MyChart electronic health record portal for records access, scheduling, secure messaging, and video visits (delivered via Zoom for rehabilitation), supplemented by an online symptom checker and the KidsHealth educational content library. A notable proprietary feature is the integration of Boston University's Child Opportunity Index into clinical decision-making, embedding neighborhood-level social determinants data into predictive readmission models to identify children from lower-opportunity neighborhoods at higher risk of ED returns.

The business model is mission-driven rather than venture-style. Operating revenue is generated from clinical care services billed through insurance providers, Medicaid, and Medicare, with patient responsibility determined by individual coverage plans. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. A meaningful non-operating revenue stream comes from philanthropy, headlined by a $40 million investment from Tom Golisano in April 2026 that brought the hospital into the Golisano Children's Alliance (15 member hospitals, planned growth to 40). The hospital is governed independently, has no parent company or PE ownership, and employs 1,001–5,000 staff. Customer concentration risk is structurally low: patients are drawn from a broad regional catchment via direct clinical referrals, primary care connections, and self-directed family searches, with multi-channel community engagement (including the On Our Sleeves mental health movement) supporting demand generation.

Name

Dayton Children's Hospital

Legal name

Dayton Children's Hospital

Website

https://childrensdayton.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Dayton Children's Hospital is a private, non-profit pediatric hospital in Dayton, Ohio, delivering comprehensive specialty, emergency, primary, surgical, mental health, and rehabilitation care to children and families across the region via a multi-facility footprint and digital tools such as MyChart.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Hospital Services

NAICS

Outpatient Care Centers (6214)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals (Acute Care) (HLAFAAAI)

Keywords

• Pediatric healthcare services
• Children's hospital care
• Pediatric specialty care
• Pediatric emergency services
• Child mental health services

Headquarters

HQ city

Dayton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Clinical Care Services: Revenue from comprehensive pediatric healthcare services including emergency care, surgery, inpatient stays, outpatient therapy, and specialty consultations. Services are billed through insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare programs.
2. Philanthropic Contributions: Major philanthropic investments from donors including a $40 million investment from Tom Golisano through the Golisano Children's Alliance, providing significant non-operating revenue support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dayton Children's Hospital is a non-profit pediatric healthcare system providing comprehensive medical, surgical, emergency, urgent, primary, mental health, and rehabilitation care for infants, children, and adolescents in the Dayton, Ohio region. The system operates a main hospital campus, urgent care and primary care locations, telehealth services, and community health programs that address social determinants of health, alongside clinical research programs in pediatric disease.

Product overview

Dayton Children's Hospital operates as a comprehensive pediatric healthcare system offering a unified portfolio of clinical services and digital health tools. The core offering centers on pediatric specialty care across 9+ service lines (cardiology, ENT, gastroenterology, mental health, neurology, orthopedics, primary care, sports medicine, urology) supplemented by emergency/urgent care facilities including Kids Express locations. Digital patient engagement is facilitated through MyChart portal and symptom checker, while educational resources include the KidsHealth Library and On Our Sleeves mental health movement. Community health programs address social determinants of health, and research initiatives cover cancer, gastroenterology, neurosciences, and pulmonology. The hospital recently announced expansion with a new rehabilitation services facility on Valley St.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• On Our Sleeves: Movement for children's mental health providing free, expert-created resources for mental wellness of children
• Kids Express

Products and services

• Pediatric Specialty Care Services
• Pediatric Emergency and Urgent Care
• Kids Express Urgent Care
• Pediatric Rehabilitation Services
• Video Visits Telehealth
• Pediatric Mental Health Services
• Pediatric Primary Care

Quantifiable outcome

• Patient visits for rehabilitative therapy services more than doubled over the past five years

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Golisano Children's AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 April 2026Network of 15 children's hospitals across the United States united under shared mission to improve pediatric healthcare. Dayton Children's is one of the member hospitals following the $40 million investment from Tom Golisano.
• City of DaytonminorOthers · 27 February 2026The city of Dayton purchased a building from Dayton Children's Hospital for $2.05 million, a property the hospital acquired for nearly $1 million in 2020. The city plans to convert the building into a permanent employee health clinic with renovations potentially completing by the end of 2026.
• Boston University School of Social Work - Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026Partnership to implement the Child Opportunity Index into Dayton Children's clinical workflow. The index allows the hospital to identify children from lower-opportunity neighborhoods who face higher risks of emergency department returns and readmissions by incorporating neighborhood-level social determinants data into predictive readmission models. This enables more personalized discharge planning and earlier connections to resources.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Largest pediatric hospital in Ohio and a top-3 US children's hospital by research funding; directly comparable as a non-profit pediatric acute-care and specialty system serving a regional Ohio catchment with Magnet nursing and broad subspecialty depth.
• Nationwide Children's Hospital: Columbus-based non-profit pediatric hospital system with comprehensive specialty services, research institute, and network of satellite locations; comparable as a fellow Ohio-based pediatric system competing for referrals and talent across overlapping geographies.
• Akron Children's Hospital: Non-profit pediatric hospital system in northeastern Ohio with multiple hospital campuses and primary/specialty care locations; comparable in scale, mission, and regional pediatric hospital model to Dayton Children's.

Broad incumbents

• Cleveland Clinic Children's: Pediatric service line within Cleveland Clinic, a large adult-anchored health system; comparable as a competing pediatric specialty provider in Ohio with broader system resources and brand recognition.
• University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's: Cleveland-based pediatric hospital within University Hospitals system; comparable as a Northeast Ohio pediatric specialty competitor with academic medical center affiliation and overlapping specialty service lines.
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): First US children's hospital and consistently top-ranked US pediatric system; comparable as a non-profit academic pediatric institution with Magnet nursing, research programs, and broad specialty services — sets the benchmark Dayton Children's aspires toward.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Largest US pediatric hospital and research enterprise; comparable as a non-profit children's hospital with full specialty breadth, research mission, and Magnet nursing — relevant as a peer for BU Child Opportunity Index research collaboration and clinical benchmarking.
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Leading pediatric research and treatment hospital focused on childhood cancer and catastrophic diseases; comparable as a non-profit pediatric specialty institution with major donor-funded model and research programs overlapping Dayton Children's pediatric research portfolio.

Regional players

• Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health: Indiana's primary pediatric academic hospital and referral center; comparable as a non-profit regional children's hospital with Magnet designation and broad pediatric specialty breadth, though serving Indianapolis rather than Dayton.

Emerging players

• Shriners Children's: Specialty pediatric hospital network focused on orthopedic, burn, and cleft care; comparable as a non-profit pediatric specialty system with multiple locations and a strong rehabilitation and orthopedic footprint that overlaps Dayton Children's rehab and orthopedics lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/DaytonChildrens
• Facebookfacebook.com/daytonchildrens
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/daytonchildrens
• Instagraminstagram.com/daytonchildrens
• Xx.com/daytonchildrens
• Pinterestar.pinterest.com/daytonchildrens

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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