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Number of all hospitals in the United States from 1975 to 2024

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Release date

February 2026

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United States

Survey time period

1975 to 2024

Supplementary notes

This statistic was assembled from several documents released by the American Hospital Association.

* Starting with the 2019 AHA Annual Survey Database, AHA no longer employed its own methodology to classify hospitals as��.��As a result of this change, the number of hospitals in this edition (FY2017)of Hospital Statistics increased by approximately 700, with 400 of those being community hospitals.

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The number of hospitals in the United States has steadily declined over the past five decades, dropping from in 1975 to in 2024. This significant reduction reflects broader changes in the healthcare landscape, including consolidation, technological advancements, and shifts in patient care delivery models.

Hospital types and ownership

As of 2024, the U.S. healthcare system comprises ��community hospitals. The majority of which are primarily nonprofit institutions, while for-profit hospitals comprise about ** percent of these facilities, and their numbers have increased over the past two decades. The healthcare landscape also includes ***federal hospitals. This diversity in ownership and management structures reflects the complex nature of the U.S. healthcare system and its various funding sources.

Hospital capacity and utilization

The decline in hospital numbers has been accompanied by a reduction in available hospital beds, decreasing from about *** million in 1975 to ** in 2024. Despite this reduction, hospital admissions have not shown such large decreases and have fluctuated since 1975, at around ** million admissions. Interestingly, hospital occupancy rates have generally decreased compared to 1975, although recent figures are showing signs of increase again.