10 Largest Hospitals and Health Systems in America

1. HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA)

Number of hospitals: 186

Topping the list of the 10 largest hospitals and health systems in America is HCA Healthcare, which has 186 and nearly 100,000 registered nurses across the world, in addition to around 46,000 active and affiliated physicians. The health care system is responsible for the treatment of around 35 million patients, while also accounting for 9.2 million emergency visits. Unfortunately, in an indictment of American healthcare, it is a for profit company, which means its focus is on profits and not providing affordable healthcare to the country. This has allowed it to earn over $50 billion in revenue in 2019 alone, which is why Fortune named it one of the biggest companies in the US.

It also had profits of more than $3.5 billion while providing to more than 280,000 people. While it is mainly based in Nashville, Tennessee it has a strong presence in more than 21 states across the US as well as the UK and in addition to the 186 hospitals, also has more than 2,000 sites of cares as well. The company also publishes medical studies in peer-reviewed journals and surprisingly for an American healthcare company, has actually consistently been called among the most ethical countries in the entire world. In fact, it has been in the most ethical companies in the world list by Ethisphere Institute since 2010 and hasn’t dropped off since.

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