Health Care: The Big Picture
With March kicking off tomorrow, we’re approaching March Madness when college basketball teams across the country compete in the annual tournament that often is full of twists, turns and surprises.
There are 6,0934 hospitals in the United States. The American Hospital Association conducts an annual survey of hospitals in the United States. The data here, published in 2025, are a sample from the 2023 AHA Annual Survey (FY 2022) and offer quick answers on number of hospitals, government…
In this Leadership Dialogue — my last one as AHA board chair — I talk with Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health system headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., and serving the entire state. Tina will be taking the reins as chair of the AHA…
In this Leadership Dialogue conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 AHA board chair, and Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and AHA board chair-elect, share insights on health care's current and future challenges, the impact the AHA…
The American Hospital Association conducts an annual survey of hospitals in the United States. The data here, published in 2019, are a sample from the 2017 AHA Annual Survey (FY 2017).
H&HN Magazine articles on disruption in the health care field.
Key resources that will help users understand the health care system in the United States.
Consumer Out-of-pocket Payments for National Health Expenditures, 1994 – 2014.
National Health Expenditures, 1980 – 2024.