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Facts About Florida's Health Care System ~ Updated August 2010



HOSPITALS

 
  HospitalsBeds Beds per 1,000 Pop.
Total Hospitals 297 66,6453.5
Community 209 55,5012.9
   Investor Owned 87 18,431 1.0
   Not-for-Profit 92 27,617 1.5
   Public 30 9,4530.0
   Children 13 2,2050.1
   Rural 26 1,1910.1
   Teaching 8 7,0770.4
   Trauma 22 13,3980.7
LTAC 23 1,358 0.1
Psychiatric 34 4,9760.3
Rehabilitation 15 1,0820.1
Federal 12 3,3890.2
Specialty 4 3390.0
Hospitals with Emergency Departments  204 
Number of Closures Since 1995    
   Community 25  
   Psychiatric 25  

Community Hospital Finances - 2009

Total Margin 5.3%
Operating Margin 2.5%
Hospitals Losing Money 43
Percent of Total 24.2%
Total Hospital Payments $37.0 billion
Total Hospital Operating Expenses $33.2 billion
Hospital FTEs 229,615
Change in Malpractice Expense (08-09) 19.2%
Change in Labor Costs (08-09) 3.4%
Change in Other Costs (08-09) 3.8%
Average Cost per Adjusted Patient Day $1,847.82
Average Cost per Adjusted Admission $8,927.15
Cost of Uncompensated Care $3.01 billion

Patient Volume and Care - 2009

Total Discharges 2.3 million
Total Patient Days 10.8 million
Inpatient Surgeries 586,445
Outpatient Surgeries 1.4 million
ER Visits(CY06) 8.2 million
Average length of stay 4.6 days
Discharges per 1,000 population 123.3
Patient Days per 1,000 population 571.2
   
Ten Most Common Reasons for Admission  
   Deliveries 213,444
   Psychoses 101,755
   GI & Digestive Disorders 77,209
   Heart Failure 65,099
   COPD 63,851
   Hip & Knee Replacement 58,228
   Pneumonia 57,923
   Chest Pain 49,466
   Cardiac Catheterization 45,619
   Abnormal Heart Rhythm 40,658
Total 773,252
Percent of Total Discharges 29.8%

Workforce - 2009

Physicians (2008) 56,027
Physicians per 100,000 293.1
Licensed RNs 218,935
RNs per 100,000 1,151.0
LPNs 67,143
Pharmacists 25,286
Average Salary-Hospital Employee (2010) $54,561
Average Salary-Med/Surg RN (2010) $55,370

Health Expenditures - 2009

National Health Expenditures $2.5 trillion
Percent of Gross Domestic Product 17.3%
Expenditures per Capita $8,047
Healthcare Dollars Spent on Hospitals $789.4 billion
Percent of Healthcare Dollars Spent on Hospitals 30.8%

Florida's Population - 2010

Population 18.9 million
Projected 2030 23.8 million
Growth Rate Per Year (2010-2030) 1.3%
Children Under 18 4.0 million
Residents Aged 65 & Older 3.5 million
Percent of Florida's Population 65 & Older 18.3%
Hispanics 4.2 million
African Americans 2.9 million
Births(2008) 231,417
   Birth Rate per 1,000 12.3
Deaths(2008) 170,473
   Death Rate per 1,000 9.1
   Leading Causes of Death (2008)  
   Heart Disease 41,931
   Cancer 40,931
   COPD 10,154
   Accidents 8,472
   Stroke 8,918
   HIV 1,412

Health Coverage of Florida - 2010

Population  
Medicare 2,544,372
Medicare HMO 763,314
Medicaid 1,722,407
Medicaid HMO 1,029,468
Commercial - HMO 1,632,747
Commercial - Other 7,242,574
Kid Care 240,057
Uninsured 3,742,417
Total 198,917,356
Total Patients (2009) 2.3 million
Medicare 46.4%
Medicaid 16.3%
Commercial 3.8%
HMO/PPO 21.7%
Workers Comp 0.4%
VA/CHAMPUS 1.6%
Uninsured 8.4%
Other 1.6%

Sources

  • AHCA Financial Data, FY2009
  • AHCA Outpatient Discharge Data, Twelve Months Ending 4Q09
  • AHCA Patient Discharge Data, Twelve Months Ending 4Q09
  • Health Affairs, January/February 2010
  • ESRI Business Solutions, 2010
  • FHA HMO Market Share Report, First Quarter 2010
  • FHA Internal Databases
  • FHA Non-Management Salary Survey, 2010
  • Florida Statistical Abstract, 2009
  • Florida Vital Statistics 2008 Annual Report, 2009
  • Kaiser Family Foundation, Web site, 2009
  • Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S., 2010

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