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Mease Countryside Hospital: labor and delivery in Safety Harbor, FL

Mease Countryside Hospital is a hospital in Safety Harbor, Pinellas County, Florida that delivers babies. It handled 1,721 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 27% delivered by C-section (616 such births). That is below the Florida rate of 30% and above the U.S. median of 26%.

27%First-birth C-section rate
1,721Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
276Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
3 of 5Patient survey stars
4 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Mease Countryside Hospital

Newborn care: NICU on site
Lactation consultants
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

3231 McMullen Booth Rd
Safety Harbor, FL 34695
Pinellas County

Call (727) 734-6950 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
Ownership: Nonprofit, Private

How Mease Countryside Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Florida	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	27%	30%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	276	293	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	78	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.

In Florida, Mease Countryside Hospital has the 48th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 93 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
79% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
78% 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

Mease Countryside Hospital 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 Safety Harbor

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Morton Plant Hospital	Clearwater	8.4	27%	2,093	Yes
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital	Trinity	12	30%	1,840	Yes
St Josephs Hospital	Tampa	14	30%	6,974	Yes
HCA Florida St Petersburg Hospital	Saint Petersburg	16	39%	292	Yes
Tampa General Hospital	Tampa	17	29%	6,544	Yes
Adventhealth Tampa	Tampa	18	26%	2,691	Yes