There are approximately 19.7 million people living in New York State, with more than 8.4 million residing in The Big Apple alone, according to the most recent census data. Given the state's huge population, New York hospitals and health systems have a considerable impact on the industry as a whole.
The following 10 facts offer some insight into healthcare delivery in The Empire State.
1. All total, New York State healthcare expenditures total $162.8 billion, equaling approximately $8,341 per person and roughly 7.8 percent of the United States' total healthcare expenditures.1
2. Adjusted expenses per inpatient day at New York hospitals total about $2,042 which is just slightly less than the national average of $2,090.1
3. Nearly half (48 percent) of New York residents have health insurance through their employers. Additional sources of health insurance for residents include Medicaid (21 percent), Medicare (15 percent), other private insurers (6 percent) and other public insurers (1 percent). Roughly 9 percent of New York's population is uninsured.1
4. As of June, 2.4 million New Yorkers have enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP.1
5. New York is the sixth-most expensive state for personal health spending per capita. The average cost of personal health spending per capita in New York is $8,341, whereas the average cost of personal health spending per capita in Massachusetts — the most expensive state — is $9,278.
6. There are about 77,332 professionally active physicians in New York, 34,578 of whom are primary care physicians and 42,754 are specialty physicians.1
7. New York State has 179 primary care Health Professional Shortage Area designations.1
8. There are 204 non-federal, short-term, acute-care hospitals and 59,295 staffed beds in New York, according to the American Hospital Directory.
9. As of January 2012, there were 10 Medicare-certified rural health clinics in New York. 1
10. New York is home to 13 accredited medical schools including:
- Albany (N.Y.) Medical College
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University (New York City)
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York City)
- Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University (Hempstead)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York City)
- New York Medical College (Valhalla)
- New York University School of Medicine (New York City)
- Stony Brook (N.Y.) University School of Medicine
- State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine (Brooklyn)
- State University of New York, Upstate Medical University College of Medicine (Syracuse)
- University at Buffalo (N.Y.) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York
- University of Rochester (N.Y.) School of Medicine and Dentistry
- Weill Cornell Medical, College of Cornell University (New York City)
1 Kaiser State Health Facts
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