The hospital landscape continue to shift across the United States.
Five points on hospitals from the American Hospital Association.
1. There are a total of 6,146 hospitals in the U.S.
2. Of these, there are approximately 5,400 acute care hospitals, 616 psychiatric hospital and 123 other hospitals such as long-term acute care hospitals.
3. The total number of hospitals includes 1,296 for-profit hospitals.
4. Most community hospitals, around 3,491, are in a system. This essentially includes hospital systems with more than one hospital.
5. The nation has 1,821 rural community hospitals.
See Fast Facts on US Hospitals 2020 released by the American Hospital Association.