Some numbers to know about hospitals in the U.S.:
Total number of all hospitals: 6,129
Number of U.S. community hospitals: 5,157
Number of nongovernment nonprofit community hospitals: 2,978
Number of investor-owned (for-profit) community hospitals: 1,235
Number of state- and local government-owned community hospitals: 944
Number of federal government hospitals: 206
Number of nonfederal psychiatric hospitals: 659
Other hospitals: 107
Staffed beds in all U.S. hospitals: 919,649
Staffed beds in community hospitals: 787,987
Total admissions in all U.S. hospitals: 34,011,386
Admissions in community hospitals: 31,967,073
Number of rural community hospitals: 1,800
Number of urban community hospitals: 3,357
Number of community hospitals in a system: 3,514
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