Providing longer duration inpatient hospital care (in excess of 25 days on average) to individuals with complex medical conditions, long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) are an important part of the national hospital infrastructure that serves over 62 million Americans with Medicare long-term care coverage. In the calendar year 2020, the Medicare program counted among its participating providers 347 LTCHs that had more than 23,700 total beds. Here is a regional breakdown of Medicare's long-term care hospital bed capacity (to see state-level data, follow the "region" links in the table below):
| Region | # Part A Enrollees | # Hospitals | # Beds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Far West | 9,495,673 | 30 | 2,278 | ||
| Great Lakes | 9,196,909 | 48 | 3,312 | ||
| Great Plains | 4,142,384 | 22 | 1,185 | ||
| Mid-East | 9,405,082 | 28 | 2,118 | ||
| New England | 3,068,210 | 14 | 3,659 | ||
| Rocky Mountain | 2,039,128 | 12 | 572 | ||
| Southeast | 17,048,200 | 122 | 6,567 | ||
| Southwest | 6,815,787 | 71 | 4,057 | ||
| U.S. Territories | 1,287,380 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National | 62,498,751 | 347 | 23,748 | ||
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
