$1.3tr
$XX.Xbn
6m
2,615
$XXX.Xbn
Hospitals have a central role in healthcare delivery in the United States. As the frontline for specialized and emergency care, hospitals receive patient streams regardless of economic conditions, but rising incomes and broader insurance coverage facilitate access to elective care. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, hospitals have coped with persistent and unprecedented challenges to their resources, finances and workforce. Federal policies and billions in funding directed to hospitals alleviated the initial financial impact stemming from delays in elective care and drops in ER visits. Still, the pandemic took a major toll on supply chains and employees. Relief funding sustained profit between 2020 and 2021, but over half of hospitals slipped into the red as funding fizzled out in 2022. Intense financial pressures facing hospitals have only been escalating in 2023. Revenue has been expanding at a CAGR of 1.1% to an estimated $1.3 trillion over the past five years, including an estimated jump of 3.3% in 2023.
Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 0.1 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.3tr in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 | Profit ($m)
2024 | Profit Margin (%)
2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hca Healthcare, Inc. | 47,459.5 | 5,943.1 | 12.5 | |
Advocate Health Care Network | 14,062.1 | 593.6 | 4.2 | |
Sutter Health | 13,220.0 | -321.0 | -2.4 |
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Hospitals in the US
Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Inpatient care, Outpatient care and Other. Inpatient care is the largest segment of the Hospitals in the US.
Hospitals shift away from inpatient care
The Hospital industry includes operators licensed as general medical and surgical hospitals that provide surgical and nonsurgical diagnostic and medical treatment to inpatients. Hospitals maintain inpatient beds and usually provide other services, including outpatient, operating room and pharmacy services. The industry excludes psychiatric and other specialty hospitals.
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NAICS 62211 - Hospitals in the US
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The market size of the Hospitals in the US industry in United States is $1.3tr in 2024.
There are 2,615 businesses in the Hospitals in the US industry in United States, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.0 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Hospitals in the US industry in United States has been declining at a CAGR of 0.1 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Hospitals in the US industry in United States is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Hospitals market in United States are Hca Healthcare, Inc., Advocate Health Care Network and Sutter Health
Providing inpatient care and Providing outpatient care are part of the Hospitals in the US industry.
The company holding the most market share in United States is Hca Healthcare, Inc..
The level of competition is low and steady in the Hospitals in the US industry in United States.