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1. What is total Shrine membership in North America?
2. How many Shrine Temples are there?
3. What was the first Shrine Temple?
4. When did the first Shriners Hospital open, and where is it located?
5. Where are the burn Shriners Hospitals located, and when did they open?
6. What is the purpose of Shriners Hospitals for Children?
7. How much does it cost for a child to receive care at a Shriners Hospital?
8. Where does the money come from to operate the 22 Shriners Hospitals?
9. Where are the Shrine's three Spinal Cord Injury Centers?
10. What is the total 2005 budget for Shriners Hospitals for Children?
11. How much of the 2005 Shriners Hospitals operating budget is used directly for patient care and research at the hospitals?
12. To date, how much money has been spent operating the 22 Shriners Hospitals?
13. To date, how much has been spent on construction costs for the 22 Shriners Hospitals?
14. To date, how many children have been helped at the 22 Shriners Hospitals?
15. In 2000, how many admissions were made to the orthopaedic hospitals?
16. In 2000, how many admissions were made to the burn hospitals?
17. In 2000, how many outpatient and outreach clinic visits were recorded at the 22 hospitals?
18. Up to what age are children admitted to Shriners Hospitals for Children?
19. What is the average length of stay at the orthopaedic hospitals?
20. What is the average length of stay at the burn hospitals?


Question: What is total Shrine membership in North America?
Answer: Approximately 434,000 [ top ]


Question: How many Shrine Temples are there?
Answer: There are 191 Shrine Temples, or chapters, through-out the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Republic of Panama. [ top ]


Question: What was the first Shrine Temple?
Answer: Mecca Temple, which was organized in New York City in 1872. [ top ]


Question: When did the first Shriners Hospital open, and where is it located?
Answer: In 1922, in Shreveport, La. [ top ]


Question: Where are the burn Shriners Hospitals located, and when did they open?
Answer: Galveston, Texas, in 1966; Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1968; Boston, Mass., in 1968; and Sacramento, Calif., in 1997. [ top ]


Question: What is the purpose of Shriners Hospitals for Children?
Answer: Shriners Hospitals have a three-fold purpose:
1) TREATMENT: To save children's lives and restore their bodies to the highest level of usefulness;
2) RESEARCH: To conduct research into orthopaedic and burn care; and
3) EDUCATION: To train physicians and other medical professionals in the treatment of orthopaedic disabilities and burn injuries.
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Question: How much does it cost for a child to receive care at a Shriners Hospital?
Answer: Nothing. All care and services provided at Shriners Hospitals are totally without charge to the patient and family. [ top ]


Question: Where does the money come from to operate the 22 Shriners Hospitals?
Answer: Gifts, bequests, income from the endowment fund, hospital fund-raising events, and the annual assessment paid by every Shriner. [ top ]


Question: Where are the Shrine's three Spinal Cord Injury Centers?
Answer: Philadelphia, Pa. (opened in 1980); Chicago, Ill. (opened in 1983); and Sacramento, Calif. (originally opened in San Francisco in 1984). [ top ]


Question: What is the total 2005 budget for Shriners Hospitals for Children?
Answer: $625 million. The 2005 operating budget is $580 million, including $28 million allocated for research. The capital expenditures budget is $45 million. [ top ]


Question: How much of the 2005 Shriners Hospitals operating budget is used directly for patient care and research at the hospitals?
Answer: 95 percent [ top ]


Question: To date, how much money has been spent operating the 22 Shriners Hospitals?
Answer: Approximately $7 billion on operating cost. [ top ]


Question: To date, how much has been spent on construction costs for the 22 Shriners Hospitals?
Answer: Approximately $1.7 billion [ top ]


Question: To date, how many children have been helped at the 22 Shriners Hospitals?
Answer: More than 770,000 [ top ]


Question: In 2004, how many admissions were made to the orthopaedic hospitals?
Answer: 23,357 [ top ]


Question: In 2004, how many admissions were made to the burn hospitals?
Answer: 4,605 [ top ]


Question: In 2004, how many outpatient and outreach clinic visits were recorded at the 22 hospitals?
Answer: 288,465 [ top ]


Question: Up to what age are children admitted to Shriners Hospitals for Children?
Answer: Up to their 18th birthday [ top ]


Question: What is the average length of stay at the orthopaedic hospitals?
Answer: 6.1 days [ top ]


Question: What is the average length of stay at the burn hospitals?
Answer: 6.5 days [ top ]


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