Lists of hospitals in the United States
This article contains links to lists of hospitals in the United States, including U.S. States, the District, insular areas, and outlying islands. Links to more detailed state lists are shown.[1] According to a report by the Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina in 2017, 79 mostly rural hospitals have closed since 2010, mostly across the Southern United States.[2][3]
U.S. states
In 2020, there were 5,250 acute care and critical access hospitals in the United States. In the decade from 2010 to 2020, dozens of hospitals have closed in rural areas of the United States, particularly in the Southeast region. Of the 3,143 county-equivalents in the United States, there were 700 counties in the United States with no hospitals in 2020.[4] The following list contains links to the lists and the number of articles in the main category for each state. (There may be additional psychiatric, county, and teaching hospitals not included in the main category).
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Insular areas
Lists or actual hospitals in insular areas of the United States include:
- List of hospitals in American Samoa (total: 1)[5]
- List of hospitals in Guam (total: 3)[6]
- List of hospitals in the Northern Mariana Islands (total: 1)[7]
- List of hospitals in Puerto Rico (notable: 3)[8]
- List of hospitals in the United States Virgin Islands (total: 2)[9]
Freely associated states:
Outlying islands
Lists of hospitals in outlying islands of the United States include:
- Baker Island, none currently, uninhabited
- Howland Island, none currently, uninhabited
- Jarvis Island, none currently, uninhabited
- Johnston Atoll, none currently, underground hospital during World War II (1939–1941)
- Kingman Reef, none currently, uninhabited
- Midway Atoll, none currently
- Navassa Island, none currently, uninhabited
- Palmyra Atoll, none currently, unoccupied
- Wake Island, none currently, field hospitals during the Vietnam War to assist refugees
See also
Lists of specific types of hospitals:
- List of burn centers in the United States
- List of children's hospitals in the United States
- List of trauma centers in the United States
- List of sanatoria in the United States
- List of the oldest hospitals in the United States
- List of Veterans Affairs medical facilities
- List of Veterans Affairs medical facilities by state
- Combat support hospital
- List of United States Navy hospital ships
References
- "United States Hospitals". curly.org.
- "79 Rural Hospital Closures: January 2010 – Present". Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- Barry-Jester, Anna Maria (2017-06-28). "The Health Care System Is Leaving The Southern Black Belt Behind". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- Keeze, Ella (April 26, 2020). "Where Americans Live Far from Emergency Rooms". New York Times. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- Swaney, Deanna (1994). Samoa: Western Samoa and American Samoa. Lonely Planet. Page 161. ISBN 9780864422255.
- "Hospitals in Guam". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- "Hospitals in the Northern Mariana Islands". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- "Hospitals in Puerto Rico". American Hospital Directory. July 16, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- "Hospitals in the U.S. Virgin Islands". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- Hospitals and Clinics Embassy of the United States, Kolonia
- "Local Resources in the Marshall Islands". U.S. Embassy, Marshall Islands. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- "Belau National Hospital". Electives.net. Retrieved April 21, 2020.