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Facts About Florida's Health Care System

HOSPITALS

 
  HospitalsBeds Beds per 1,000 Pop.
Total Hospitals 291 65,8283.5
Community 213 54,6442.9
   Investor Owned 86 18,081 1.0
   Not-for-Profit 95 26,769 1.4
   Public 32 9,7940.5
   Children 12 1,9940.1
   Rural 29 1,5790.1
   Teaching 7 5,5520.3
   Trauma 20 11,7190.6
LTAC 16 972 0.1
Psychiatric 31 5,3090.3
Rehabilitation 15 1,1420.1
Federal 12 3,3890.2
Specialty 4 3720.0
Hospitals with Emergency Departments  210 
Number of Closures Since 1995    
Community 20  
Psychiatric 21  

Community Hospital Finances - 2006

Total Margin 4.8%
Operating Margin 0.8%
Hospitals Losing Money 56
Percent of Total 30.9%
Total Hospital Payments $28.6 billion
Total Hospital Operating Expenses $29.1 billion
Hospital FTEs 221,565
Change in Malpractice Expense (05-06) -4.2%
Change in Labor Costs (05-06) 6.1%
Change in Other Costs (05-06) 7.6%
Average Cost per Adjusted Patient Day $1,670.49
Average Cost per Adjusted Admission $8,232.97
Cost of Uncompensated Care $2.1 billion

Patient Volume and Care

Total Discharges 2.3 million
Total Patient Days 10.8 million
Surgeries 1.3 million
ER Visits(CY06) 7.4 million
Average length of stay 4.8 days
Discharges per 1,000 population 126.7
Patient Days per 1,000 population 601.9
   
Ten Most Common Reasons for Admission  
Deliveries 230,974
Psychoses 90,532
GI & Digestive Disorders 73,665
Heart Failure 67,081
Chest Pain 61,578
Cardiac Catheterization 45,701
Pneumonia 48,993
Hip & Knee Replacement 50,572
COPD 47,525
Abnormal Heart Rhythm 39,072
Total 755,693
Percent of Total Discharges 32.7%

Workforce - 2007

Physicians(2006) 53,565
Physicians per 100,000 289.9
Licensed RNs 212,890
RNs per 100,000 1,152.1
LPNs 65,096
Pharmacists 24,206
Average Salary-Hospital Employee(2006) $50,153
Average Salary-Med/Surg RN $53,123

Health Expenditures - 2006

National Health Expenditures $2.1 trillion
Percent of Gross Domestic Product 16.0%
Expenditures per Capita $7,092
Healthcare Dollars Spent on Hospitals $648.2 billion
Percent of Healthcare Dollars Spent on Hospitals 30.8%

Florida's Population - 2007

Population 18.9 million
Projected 2030 26.5 million
Growth Rate Per Year (2007-2030) 1.8%
Children Under 18 4.1 million
Residents Aged 65 & Older 3.4 million
Percent of Florida's Population 65 & Older 17.9%
Hispanics 3.9 million
African Americans 2.9 million
Births(2006) 237,166
   Birth Rate per 1,000(2006) 12.9
Deaths(2006) 169,365
   Death Rate per 1,000(2006) 9.2
   Leading Causes of Death  
   Heart Disease 43,968
   Cancer 40,081
   Stroke 8,864
   COPD 8,869
   Accidents 8,837
   HIV 1,746

Health Coverage of Florida - 2007

Population  
Medicare 2,456,859
Medicare HMO 661,628
Medicaid 1,348,986
Medicaid HMO 730,296
Commercial - HMO 2,076,415
Commercial - Other 7,626,934
Kid Care 207,626
Uninsured 3,784,839
Total 18,893,583
Total Patients 2.3 million
Medicare 45.6%
Medicaid 14.5%
Commercial 4.4%
HMO/PPO 23.4%
Workers Comp 0.5%
VA/CHAMPUS 1.4%
Self-pay 6.3%
Charity 2.2%
Other 1.7%
Total Hospital Payments(2006) $26.6 billion
Medicare $9.6 billion
Medicare HMO $2.2
Medicaid $2.4 billion
Medicaid HMO 0.7 billion
Commercial - HMO/PPO $13.7 billion
Commercial Other 1.3 billion
Other Government 1.3 billion

Sources

  • AHCA Financial Data, FY2006
  • AHCA Outpatient Discharge Data, Twelve months ending 12/31/06
  • AHCA Patient Discharge Data, Twelve months ending 3/31/2007
  • Health Affairs, January/February 2008
  • ESRI Business Solutions, 2007
  • FHA HMO Market Share Report, Third Quarter 2007
  • FHA Internal Databases
  • FHA Non-Management Salary Survey, 2007
  • Florida Statistical Abstract, 2007
  • Florida Vital Statistics 2006 Annual Report, 2007
  • Kaiser Family Foundation, Web site, 2008
  • Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S., 2008

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