Thursday, March 23, 2023

Medicare Short Stay Hospital Beds by Region

Providing acute inpatient care, short-stay hospitals are 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 more than 3,400 short-stay hospitals, with over 774,000 beds, that participated in the Medicare program.  Here is a more detailed look at Medicare short-stay hospital beds by region (to see state-level data, follow the "region" links in the table below):

Region # Part A Enrollees # Hospitals # Beds
Far West 9,495,673 455 98,780
Great Lakes 9,196,909 493 123,819
Great Plains 4,142,384 251 57,328
Mid-East 9,405,082 405 118,507
New England 3,068,210 131 30,316
Rocky Mountain 2,039,128 125 21,086
Southeast 17,048,200 954 223,531
Southwest 6,815,787 609 90,873
U.S. Territories 1,287,380 58 10,633
National 62,498,751 3,481 774,873

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