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Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals, 2025, Most Hospitals Are Community Hospitals infographic. Number of Hospitals by Type (Total 6.093) FY 2023. Community Hospitals: 84% (5,112). Non-federal Psychiatric Hospitals: 11% (654). Federal Government Hospitals: 3% (207). Other: 2% (120). Source: American Hospital Association. Fast Facts on U.S. Hospitals, 2025. https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals. © 2025 by the American Hospital Association. All rights reserved.

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Fast Facts on U.S. Health Systems Infographic

Fast Facts Behavioral Health 2025 Infographic. Defining Behavioral Health. Behavioral health conditions included both mental illness and substance use disorders. Specialty behavioral health hospitals, as well as community hospitals with behavioral health services, provide unique treatment programs to meet the health needs of patients with behavioral health conditions. 662: Number of specialty behavioral health hospitals in the U.S. in 2023. 11% of all hospitals were speciality behavioral health hospitals. 26: Increase in number of behavioral health hospitals since 2029. U.S. specialty behavioral health hospitals, 2023: Psychiatric 89% (N=92); Children's psychiatric 6% (N=42); Substance use disorder 4% (N=24); Intellectual disabilities 1% (N=4). Community hospitals provide a variety of psychiatric health services, 2023: Inpatient 30%; Outpatient 31%; Intensive outpatient 15%; Emergency 38%; Partial hospitalization 12%; Crisis prevention 28%; Geriatric 17%; Pediatric 11%; Prenatal and postpartum 12%; Social and community 12%; Suicide prevention 31%; Education services 25%; Medicated assisted treatment for opioid use disorder 20%; Medicated assisted treatment for other substance abuse disorders 17%; Consultation/liaison services 42%.

Fast Facts: Behavioral Health Infographic

Fast Facts: U.S. Rural Hospitals infographic. IS MY HOSPITAL RURAL? Rural hospitals are those not located within a metropolitan area designated by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and the Census Bureau. Community hospitals are nonfederal, acute care hospitals open to the general public. For alternate rural definitions, see https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/am-i-rural/help#classification. 71% of the decline in the number of U.S. community hospitals between 2017 and 2021 were rural hospitals. Total number of U.S. community hospitals declined by 75 from 2017 to 2021. Total number of U.S. rural hospitals declined by 105 from 2017 to 2021. U.S. rural community hospitals, by ownership type 2019: State and local government (612 total); Nonprofit (1,008 total); Investor-owned, for-profit (180 total). Data may not total 100% due to rounding. 47% of rural hospitals have 25 or fewer staffed beds. U.S. rural community hospitals, by bed size, 2019: Up to 25 beds (871 total); 26-50 beds (332 total); 51-100 beds (324 total); 101 beds or more (273 total).

Fast Facts on U.S. Rural Hospitals Infographic

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