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By the Numbers:
Getting to Know Your Hospitals 187
Hospitals in the state of Georgia.
179
Hospitals who are members of the Georgia Hospital Association. GHA-member hospitals consist of 105 general acute care hospitals; 30 Critical Access Hospitals; 22 psychiatric/behavioral health hospitals; 27 specialty hospitals; and 3 Veterans hospitals.
107
Georgia counties with a hospital. Georgia counties without a hospital. This is nearly half the total amount.
52 5
Atkinson Charlton Dawson Hart Lincoln Oconee Schley Terrell Wheeler
Baker Chattahoochee Dooly Heard Long Oglethorpe Stewart Treutlen White
Inpatient admissions in 2014.
8.3 million
Outpatient visits in 2014.
1.8 million $43.6 billion
Brantley Clay Glascock Jones Marion Pike Talbot Walker Wilkinson
Bryan Columbia Hancock Lamar McIntosh Quitman Taliaferro Warren
Calhoun Crawford Harris Lee Montgomery Telfair Taylor Webster
Hospitals have closed their doors since 2013.
1.1 million
1.2 million
Banks Chattooga Echols Johnson Madison Pierce Turner Twiggs Wilcox
Individuals insured by Medicare in 2014. Established in 1965, Medicare is available to most people beginning at age 65 and to those with end stage renal (kidney) disease or total disability. Individuals insured by Medicaid in 2014. Established in 1965, Medicaid is available to low-income individuals, pregnant women, and the aged, blind or disabled. Total economic impact of Georgia hospitals
160,000
Number of full- and part-time jobs supplied by hospitals in 2014.
364,000
Number of people indirectly employed by hospitals in 2014.
$1.75 billion
Amount of uncompensated care provided
$1.27 billion
Amount of community benefit provided by Georgia hospitals in 2014
twentyfourseven Summer 2016
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