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



HOSPITALS

 
  HospitalsBeds Beds per 1,000 Pop.
Total Hospitals 297 66,0483.5
Community 211 55,1302.9
   Investor Owned 84 18,198 1.0
   Not-for-Profit 96 27,422 1.4
   Public 31 9,5100.0
   Children 12 1,9940.1
   Rural 26 1,2410.1
   Teaching 7 5,5620.3
   Trauma 22 12,9940.7
LTAC 23 1,358 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  209 
Number of Closures Since 1995    
   Community 24  
   Psychiatric 25  

Community Hospital Finances - 2008

Total Margin 2.6%
Operating Margin 0.8%
Hospitals Losing Money 70
Percent of Total 39.5%
Total Hospital Payments $32.0 billion
Total Hospital Operating Expenses $32.6 billion
Hospital FTEs 231,249
Change in Malpractice Expense (07-08) -12.6%
Change in Labor Costs (07-08) 7.7%
Change in Other Costs (07-08) 6.8%
Average Cost per Adjusted Patient Day $1,823.37
Average Cost per Adjusted Admission $8,876.27
Cost of Uncompensated Care $2.86 billion

Patient Volume and Care - 2009

Total Discharges 2.3 million
Total Patient Days 10.8 million
Inpatient Surgeries 583,997
Outpatient Surgeries 1.4 million
ER Visits(CY06) 7.6 million
Average length of stay 4.7 days
Discharges per 1,000 population 122.0
Patient Days per 1,000 population 570.9
   
Ten Most Common Reasons for Admission  
   Deliveries 217,159
   Psychoses 96,864
   GI & Digestive Disorders 75,034
   Heart Failure 65,281
   COPD 61,975
   Hip & Knee Replacement 55,951
   Pneumonia 54,437
   Chest Pain 49,204
   Abnormal Heart Rhythm 44,773
   Cardiac Catheterization 41,885
Total 762,563
Percent of Total Discharges 33.1%

Workforce - 2008

Physicians 56,027
Physicians per 100,000 293.1
Licensed RNs 218,591
RNs per 100,000 1,143.4
LPNs 61,856
Pharmacists 7,350
Average Salary-Hospital Employee(2007) $54,561
Average Salary-Med/Surg RN $56,181

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 - 2009

Population 19.0 million
Projected 2030 24.0 million
Growth Rate Per Year (2008-2030) 1.2%
Children Under 18 4.1 million
Residents Aged 65 & Older 3.4 million
Percent of Florida's Population 65 & Older 18.0%
Hispanics 4.1 million
African Americans 3.0 million
Births(2007) 231,417
   Birth Rate per 1,000(2008) 12.3
Deaths(2008) 170,473
   Death Rate per 1,000(2008) 9.1
   Leading Causes of Death (2008)  
   Heart Disease 41,931
   Cancer 40,931
   COPD 10,154
   Stroke 8,918
   Accidents 8,472
   HIV 1,412

Health Coverage of Florida - 2009

Population  
Medicare 2,384,687
Medicare HMO 751,511
Medicaid 1,656,659
Medicaid HMO 1,008,735
Commercial - HMO 1,779,309
Commercial - Other 7,435,963
Kid Care 229,873
Uninsured 3,774,103
Total 19,020,840
Total Patients 2.3 million
Medicare 46.4%
Medicaid 15.5%
Commercial 3.9%
HMO/PPO 22.2%
Workers Comp 0.4%
VA/CHAMPUS 1.5%
Uninsured 8.3%
Other 1.6%

Sources

  • AHCA Financial Data, FY2008
  • AHCA Outpatient Discharge Data, Twelve Months Ending 2Q09
  • AHCA Patient Discharge Data, Twelve Months Ending 2Q09/LI>
  • Health Affairs, January/February 2010
  • ESRI Business Solutions, 2009
  • FHA HMO Market Share Report, Third Quarter 2009
  • FHA Internal Databases
  • FHA Non-Management Salary Survey, 2009
  • Florida Statistical Abstract, 2008
  • 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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