Short-stay hospitals provide acute inpatient care and serve as the foundation of the hospital infrastructure serving over 62 million Americans with Medicare Part A insurance coverage.  In the calendar year 2020, across the country there were over 3,400 short-stay hospitals, with more than 774,000 beds, that participated in the Medicare program.  At that time, the Mid-East U.S. region, which encompasses five states and the District of Columbia, was home to 405 short-stay hospitals, with more than 118,500 beds, that participated in the Medicare program.  This made the region home to about 15% of Medicare's Part A enrollees and about 15.3% of Medicare's short-stay hospital bed capacity.  Here is a more detailed look at Medicare short-stay hospital beds in the Mid-East U.S. region:

Medicare Short Stay Hospital Beds in the Mid-East U.S. Region

	# Part A Enrollees		# Hospitals	# Beds
DE	214,919		6	2,337
DC	92,795		6	2,749
MD	1,056,328		46	12,044
NJ	1,622,244		63	22,809
NY	3,652,873		143	49,872
PA	2,765,923		141	28,696
Region	9,405,082		405	118,507
National*	62,498,751		3,481	774,873
% of National	15.0%		11.6%	15.3%

* National totals include U.S. territories

Source:  CMS Program Statistics, Table: MDCR PROVIDERS 4. Medicare Providers:  Number of Medicare Certified Hospitals and Skilled Nursing Facilities, and Number of Beds, by State, Territories, Possessions, and Other, the Calendar Year 2020