The hospital data, which come from the American Hospital Association’s 2013 edition of AHA Hospital Statistics, also showed the continued rise of outpatient services. From 2010 to 2011, hospitals recorded a 9.2 percent increase in gross outpatient revenue, compared with only a 4.2 percent increase in gross inpatient revenue.
Here are 13 statistics on general hospital finance in 2011.
Main financials
• Total net revenue: $755.28 billion
• Total expenses: $702.09 billion
• Cumulative profit: $53.2 billion
• Average revenue per hospital: $151.9 million
• Average profit per hospital: $10.7 million
• Average beds per hospital: 160
• Expense per capita: $2,253
Gross revenue
• Total gross revenue: $2.24 trillion
• Total gross inpatient revenue: $1.28 trillion
• Total gross outpatient revenue: $968.9 billion
• Net patient revenue: $699.7 billion
• Increase in gross inpatient revenue (2010 to 2011): 4.2 percent
• Increase in gross outpatient revenue (2010 to 2011): 9.2 percent
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