This statistic displays the percent change in the number of U.S. hospitals from 2010 to 2017. From 2013 to 2014, there was a 0.5 percent increase in the number of hospitals in the country. The Affordable Care Act impacted the way hospitals function, for example, by decreasing the necessity for hospital readmissions and hospital acquired infections.
Annual percent change in number of hospitals in the United States from 2010 to 2017*
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Annual change in number of hospitals
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* Hospital data are based on all short-term, acute-care hospitals and are effective as of 2017. Psychiatric, rehabilitation, armed forces, and long-term
acute-care hospitals are excluded.
Includes hospitals located in Puerto Rico.
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Sanofi. (June 20, 2018). Annual percent change in number of hospitals in the United States from 2010 to 2017* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/324965/percentage-change-in-us-hospital-numbers/
Sanofi. "Annual percent change in number of hospitals in the United States from 2010 to 2017*." Chart. June 20, 2018. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/324965/percentage-change-in-us-hospital-numbers/
Sanofi. (2018). Annual percent change in number of hospitals in the United States from 2010 to 2017*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/324965/percentage-change-in-us-hospital-numbers/
Sanofi. "Annual Percent Change in Number of Hospitals in The United States from 2010 to 2017*." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/324965/percentage-change-in-us-hospital-numbers/
Sanofi, Annual percent change in number of hospitals in the United States from 2010 to 2017* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/324965/percentage-change-in-us-hospital-numbers/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Annual percent change in number of hospitals in the United States from 2010 to 2017* [Graph], Sanofi, June 20, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/324965/percentage-change-in-us-hospital-numbers/