Baptist Health Hardin: labor and delivery in Elizabethtown, KY
Baptist Health Hardin is a hospital in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky that delivers babies. It handled 1,088 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 37% delivered by C-section (347 such births). That is above the Kentucky rate of 27% and above the U.S. median of 26%.
- 37%First-birth C-section rate
- 1,088Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 60Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 3 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Baptist Health Hardin
- Newborn care: Level II special care nursery
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Epidural and pain relief options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
- High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
913 North Dixie Avenue
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Hardin County
Call (270) 737-1212 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Government, Local
How Baptist Health Hardin compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 37% | 27% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 60 | 234 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 47 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications).
In Kentucky, Baptist Health Hardin has the 39th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 42 hospitals that report one.
The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.
What patients say
- Patient survey summary: 3 of 5 stars
- 65% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 66% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Birthing-Friendly designation
Baptist Health Hardin holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Elizabethtown
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | 22 | 28% | 199 | Yes |
| Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center | Leitchfield | 28 | 38% | 298 | Yes |
| Spring View Hospital | Lebanon | 35 | 28% | 205 | Yes |
| Harrison County Hospital | Corydon | 36 | – | 45 | – |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc. | Louisville | 38 | 29% | 7,661 | Yes |
| University of Louisville Hospital | Louisville | 38 | 29% | 1,986 | Yes |
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