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Facts About Florida's Health Care System ~ Updated April 2009

HOSPITALS

 
  HospitalsBeds Beds per 1,000 Pop.
Total Hospitals 295 65,8003.4
Community 210 54,9422.9
   Investor Owned 84 17,904 0.9
   Not-for-Profit 95 27,489 1.4
   Public 31 9,5490.5
   Children 12 1,9940.1
   Rural 26 1,2440.1
   Teaching 7 5,5620.3
   Trauma 21 12,6690.7
LTAC 22 1,298 0.1
Psychiatric 32 4,7370.2
Rehabilitation 15 1,0620.1
Federal 12 3,3890.2
Specialty 4 3720.0
Hospitals with Emergency Departments  210 
Number of Closures Since 1995    
Community 23  
Psychiatric 25  

Community Hospital Finances - 2007

Total Margin 5.4%
Operating Margin 0.5%
Hospitals Losing Money 53
Percent of Total 29.3%
Total Hospital Payments $29.8 billion
Total Hospital Operating Expenses $30.4 billion
Hospital FTEs 223,685
Change in Malpractice Expense (06-07) -1.6%
Change in Labor Costs (06-07) 6.8%
Change in Other Costs (06-07) 6.0%
Average Cost per Adjusted Patient Day $1,746.51
Average Cost per Adjusted Admission $8,564.22
Cost of Uncompensated Care $2.57 billion

Patient Volume and Care - 2008

Total Discharges 2.3 million
Total Patient Days 10.8 million
Inpatient Surgeries 586,377
Outpatient Surgeries 1.4 million
ER Visits(CY06) 7.5 million
Average length of stay 4.7 days
Discharges per 1,000 population 120.8
Patient Days per 1,000 population 573.1
   
Ten Most Common Reasons for Admission  
Deliveries 230,808
Psychoses 92,637
GI & Digestive Disorders 68,955
Heart Failure 42,350
Chest Pain 54,061
Cardiac Catheterization 31,827
Pneumonia 41,396
Hip & Knee Replacement 27,984
COPD 29,990
Abnormal Heart Rhythm 27,748
Total 647,756
Percent of Total Discharges 28.1%

Workforce - 2008

Physicians(2007) 55,037
Physicians per 100,000 297.9
Licensed RNs 218,591
RNs per 100,000 1,183.0
LPNs 61,856
Pharmacists 7,350
Average Salary-Hospital Employee(2007) $52,362
Average Salary-Med/Surg RN $54,851

Health Expenditures - 2008

National Health Expenditures $2.4 trillion
Percent of Gross Domestic Product 16.6%
Expenditures per Capita $7,868
Healthcare Dollars Spent on Hospitals $747.1 billion
Percent of Healthcare Dollars Spent on Hospitals 31.2%

Florida's Population - 2008

Population 19.1 million
Projected 2030 25.3 million
Growth Rate Per Year (2008-2030) 1.5%
Children Under 18 4.1 million
Residents Aged 65 & Older 3.4 million
Percent of Florida's Population 65 & Older 17.9%
Hispanics 4.0 million
African Americans 3.0 million
Births(2007) 237,166
   Birth Rate per 1,000(2007) 12.9
Deaths(2007) 169,365
   Death Rate per 1,000(2007) 9.2
   Leading Causes of Death (2007)  
   Heart Disease 43,968
   Cancer 40,081
   COPD 8,869
   Stroke 8,864
   Accidents 8,837
   HIV 1,746

Health Coverage of Florida - 2008

Population  
Medicare 2,434,495
Medicare HMO 701,703
Medicaid 1,420,309
Medicaid HMO 868,265
Commercial - HMO 1,859,395
Commercial - Other 7,592,718
Kid Care 218,717
Uninsured 3,797,981
Total 18,893,583
Total Patients 2.3 million
Medicare 45.7%
Medicaid 14.5%
Commercial 4.4%
HMO/PPO 23.2%
Workers Comp 0.4%
VA/CHAMPUS 1.6%
Charity 8.3%
Other 1.8%

Sources

  • AHCA Financial Data, FY2007
  • AHCA Outpatient Discharge Data, Twelve months ending 9/30/07
  • AHCA Patient Discharge Data, Twelve months ending 3/31/08
  • Health Affairs, January/February 2009
  • ESRI Business Solutions, 2008
  • FHA HMO Market Share Report, Third Quarter 2008
  • FHA Internal Databases
  • FHA Non-Management Salary Survey, 2008
  • Florida Statistical Abstract, 2008
  • Florida Vital Statistics 2007 Annual Report, 2008
  • Kaiser Family Foundation, Web site, 2009
  • Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S., 2009

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