CALIFORNIA’S ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HOSPITALS
California ’s 19 public hospital systems make up the core of the state’s medical safety net – delivering care to all who need it, regardless of ability to pay or insurance status.
Though just 6% of all California hospitals statewide, public hospitals:
- Serve 2.5 million Californians each year
- Are located in counties where 81% of all Californians reside
- Deliver 10 million outpatient visits per year
CAPH Members:
- Operate more than half of the top-level trauma centers
- Operate almost half of the state’s burn centers
- Are teaching hospitals, training 43% of new doctors in the state
- Provide nearly half of all hospital care to the state’s 6.7 million uninsured
- Provide 69% of their care to patients who receive Medi-Cal benefits or are uninsured; all other hospitals together provide 25% of their care to this population
- Deliver 30% of the state's inpatient care to the Medi-Cal population
- Serve a diverse patient population that is 48% Hispanic/Latino, 29% White, 12.5% Black, 6.5% Asian and 3.9% Other
Sources: Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development; CAPH Member Survey, December 2007