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Hospital network

Hospital network

Parent organization for a collection of hospitals and other facilities providing medical care

See also: Health system

A hospital network is a public, non-profit or for-profit company or organization that provides two or more hospitals and other broad healthcare facilities and services. A hospital network may include hospitals in one or more regions within one or more states within one or more countries. A hospital network has one headquarter, usually within one of the regions served by the network facilities.[1] (The term hospital system or health care system is used more broadly to define the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of a region or country.)

History

Some of the earliest hospital networks were affiliated with charitable, religious organizations. The Catholic Church established a hospital network in Medieval Europe that was vastly improved from the merely reciprocal hospitality of the Greeks and family-based obligations of the Romans. These hospitals were established to cater to "particular social groups marginalized by poverty, sickness, and age," according to historian of hospitals, Guenter Risse.[2]

In the late 20th century hospital networks were established to make delivery of healthcare more efficient and to share specialized medical services and physicians across the network. To avoid financial losses due to shrinking reimbursements and rising costs as well as improving quality of care and avoid duplication of services, hospitals may consolidate certain services at one hospital. However, patients may need to travel farther if those services are no longer offered at their local hospital.[3][4][5]

Largest hospital networks

Hospital networks that do not have reliable sources may not be included; these are not necessarily complete lists.

Ranked by capacity

This is a list of hospital networks with a capacity of more than 2,500 beds.

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Ranked by staff

This is a list of hospital networks with at least 20,000 staff.

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By country

United States

See also: Category:Hospital networks in the United States

The largest hospital networks headquartered in the United States are included in the table below. The name, headquarters location, number of hospitals, funding type and founding year are given for each network.[36] There were 6,146 hospitals in the United States in 2020, of which 2,240 were managed by the largest 45 hospital networks.[37][38]

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Notes:

  1. [N 1]
    In February 2019, CHI merged with Dignity Health. In February 2019, Dignity Health merged with Catholic Health Initiatives, becoming CommonSpirit Health.[41]
  2. [N 2]
    MercyOne is run under a joint operating agreement between Catholic Health Initiatives and Trinity Health.[42]
  3. [N 3]
    Advocate Aurora Health was formed in 2018 as a merger between Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care[40]
  4. [N 4]
    Includes 24 IHS and 22 tribally operated hospitals[40]
  5. [N 5]
    Quorum Health Corporation is a spin-off of Community Health Systems.

Canadian headquartered hospital networks

Irish headquartered hospital networks

A new grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly TD in May 2013, as part of a restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care:[46][47]

United Kingdom

Other

See also

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