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Hospital Beds Per 1,000 Population (2016): 2.77
Nurse-To-Hospital-Bed Ratio (FTE) (2016): 2.38
Doctors Consultations (In All Settings) (Number Per Capita) (2011): 4
Hospital Average Length of Stay (All Causes) (2010): 4.8
Computed Tomography Scanners (Per Million Population) (2018): 44.39
Magnetic Imaging Resonance Units (Per Million Population) (2018): 39.1
Mammographs (Per Million Population) (2018): 59.67

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD.Stat. Last accessed Nov. 2, 2019.
https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?ThemeTreeId=9#


Total Number of All U.S. Hospitals: 6,146
Total Staffed Beds in All U.S. Hospitals: 924,107

Source: American Hospital Association. Fast Facts on US Hospitals, 2020. March 2020. From the web at https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals, last accessed Dec. 18, 2020.
https://www.aha.org/system/files/media/file/2020/01/2020-aha-hospital-fast-facts-new-Jan-2020.pdf
https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals


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Page last updated Dec. 18, 2020 by Doug McVay, Editor.

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