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Scope of Catholic health care in the United States
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• Catholic health care systems and facilities are present in all 50 states providing acute care, skilled nursing, and other services including hospice, home health, assisted living, and senior housing.(1)
• There are 624 Catholic hospitals.
• There are 60 Catholic health care systems.
• 1 in 6 patients in the United States are cared for in a Catholic acute-care facility each year.
• More than 5.5 million patients were admitted to Catholic hospitals during a one-year period.⁽³⁾
• There were more than 92 million outpatient visits in Catholic hospitals during a one-year period.⁽³⁾
• Catholic hospitals account for more than one fifth, or 20 percent, of admissions in 21 states and the District of Columbia.^(2,3)
• Catholic hospitals employ more than 525,193 full-time employees and 233,394 part-time workers.⁽³⁾

(1) 2006 Official Catholic Directory
(2) 2005 American Hospital Association Annual Survey
(3) Catholic Health Association of the United States

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