Hospitals and Systems

This page provides information about the number of patients served by hospitals each year, with detail on inpatient, emergency department, and outpatient care settings.

This page includes data that compares the cost of providing care versus what Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance plans pay hospitals. Additional data points provide insight into the age of hospital infrastructure, cost of borrowing money and changes in labor costs.

Clinicians are the lifeblood of a hospital. Ensuring that enough doctors and nurses are available to meet patient’s needs is a key public health issue facing hospital leaders. Insights available on this page include the number of doctors and nurses employed in hospitals and current cha...