Percent change in U.S. hospital numbers 2010-2017
This statistic displays the percent change in the number of U.S. hospitals from 2010 to 2017. From 2013 to 2014, there was a 0.5 percent increase in the number of hospitals in the country. The Affordable Care Act impacted the way hospitals function, for example, by decreasing the necessity for hospital readmissions and hospital acquired infections.
