Medical Center Facts-at-a-Glance

Patient Care Services
July 1, 1997 - June 30, 1998

Beds (excluding nursery)

591

Average daily census

458

Number of inpatients

27,923

Average percentage of occupancy

77.20

Days of inpatient care

167,006

Average number of days in hospital per admission

5.98

Average Length of Stay (discharge days/discharges)

6.00

Outpatient visits

499,674

Clinic Visits of Acquired Practices

147,335

Emergency visits

57,886

Surgical procedures

18,469

Surgical Cases

14,483

Births

1,522

X-ray procedures

240,056

Radiation oncology procedures

25,636

Billed laboratory tests

1,825,110

Staff physicians (Full-time faculty)

582

Staff physicians (Residents and fellows)

619

Staff physicians (Visiting faculty)

59

Professional nurses (average)

1,268

Full-time employees

4,447

Acquired Practice Physicians

35

Volunteers

1,225

Volunteer Hours (average)

71,554

State appropriations - Medicaid disproportionate share payment

$35,120,339

Operating expenses

$460,534,808

Percent of expenses from state appropriation

7.63%


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