Get to Know DC Hospitals

  • Tweede grootste werkgever

    The District’s 13 hospitals employ nearly 30,000 individuals and provide more than $2.9 billion in salaries and benefits.

  • Economische motor

    The ripple effect hospitals have on the District’s economy supports 43,000+ non-hospital jobs with a total impact on labor income of $4.8 billion.

  • Economische impact

    District hospitals spend nearly $4 billion on goods and services and have a total impact on the economic activity across the District of $9.7 billion.

  • Patiëntenzorg

    Hospitals provided nearly 856,000 patient days of care in 2024, equivalent to 2,452 years of care.

  • District of Columbia Hospitals

    Het district is de thuisbasis van zeven algemene ziekenhuizen voor acute zorg, twee ziekenhuizen voor langdurige acute zorg, twee psychiatrische ziekenhuizen, een pediatrisch ziekenhuis voor acute zorg, een revalidatieziekenhuis, twee gemeenschapsziekenhuizen en vier Level-1 traumacentra.

  • Niet-gecompenseerde zorg

    Uncompensated hospital care – services that hospitals provide to vulnerable or under served residents, but are not paid for – totaled more than $126 million in 2024.

  • Voordelen voor de gemeenschap

    DC hospitals provide nearly $600 million in community benefits, including outreach services, programs aimed for specific community health needs, research and health professional development.

  • Ziekenhuiszorg

    In 2024, DCHA member hospitals had 3,640 operational beds, including 1,682 medical/surgical beds, 175 OB/GYN beds, 581 psychiatric beds, 394 intensive care beds, 197 pediatric beds and 153 neonatal intensive care beds.

  • Emergency & Ambulatory Services

    In 2024, the District’s hospitals admitted 105,429 patients, had 384,403 visits to our emergency departments and performed 66,803 ambulatory surgeries.

De District of Columbia Hospital Association werkt aan de verbetering van ziekenhuizen en gezondheidssystemen in het district door beleid en initiatieven te promoten die ons zorgsysteem versterken.

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