Medical Center Facts-at-a-Glance

Patient Care Services
July 1, 1996 - June 30, 1997

Beds (excluding nursery)

591

Average daily census

454

Number of inpatients

27,737

Average percentage of occupancy

77.2

Days of inpatient care

155,833

Average number of days in hospital per admission

6.0

Outpatient visits

455,704

Emergency visits

58,603

Surgical procedures

14,904

Births

1,452

X-ray procedures

202,068

Radiation oncology procedures

22,607

Billed laboratory tests

1,599,837

Staff physicians (Full-time faculty)

561

Staff physicians (Residents and fellows)

627

Staff physicians (Visiting faculty)

77

Professional nurses (average)

1,394

Full-time employees

4,270

Volunteers

1,151

Volunteer Hours (average)

70,000

State appropriations - Medicaid disproportionate share payment

$35,120,339

Operating expenses

$418,455,583

Percent of expenses from state appropriation

8.4%


 
  • These statistics are for the University Hospital, Primary Care Center and West Complex components of the University of Virginia Health System.

  • In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, University Hospital cared for 27,737 inpatients, including newborns. Outpatient and emergency visits totaled 514,307 for the year.

  • Actual operating expenses for fiscal year 1997 were $418,455,583. State funding toward these operating expenses was $35,120,339 (including additional Medicare disproportionate share payments), which represented 8.4 percent of the actual cost.