Number of hospitals in the U.S. 2010-2018, by ownership

In 2018, there were around 5,198 community hospitals in the United States. The largest portion of these hospitals were non-profit, while only around 1,296 were for-profit. In recent years, there has been a decrease in the number of hospitals in the U.S.

Hospital beds

There are currently around 924,100 hospital beds in the U.S. Unsurprisingly, just as the number of hospitals in the U.S. has decreased in recent years, so has the number of hospital beds. In 1995, there were over one million hospital beds. In 2018, large hospitals, those with 500 or more beds, had a combined 242,000 beds available.

Hospital stays

In 2017, around 6.5 percent of the U.S. population reported one or more hospitals stays in the past year. Hospital stays are more common among females than males, however both genders have seen decreasing rates in hospital stays in the past few years. The average length of stay in U.S. hospitals is 5.4 days.