Healthcare in New York (state) refers to all
health care available in the state of
New York.
New York State Department of Health
The
New York State Department of Health
The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) is the department of the New York state government responsible for public health. It is headed by Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett, who was appointed by Governor Hochul and confirmed by the S ...
manages state government projects in New York. The current development plan for state government action in New York is the ''Prevention Agenda 2013-2017''.
The
health insurance marketplace
In the United States, health insurance marketplaces, also called health exchanges, are organizations in each state through which people can purchase health insurance. People can purchase health insurance that complies with the Patient Protectio ...
for New York is
NY State of Health.
Hospitals in New York
The American Hospital Directory lists 261 active hospitals in New York State in 2022. Two hundred and ten of these hospitals have staffed-beds with a total of 64,515 beds. The largest number of hospitals are in New York City.
The January 1, 2022 listing by the New York Health Department of general hospitals covered by the New York Healthcare Reform Act show 165 hospitals 63 closed hospitals, and 51 hospitals that had been merged with other hospitals.
The oldest hospital in New York State and also oldest hospital in the United States is the
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue Hospital (officially NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and formerly known as Bellevue Hospital Center) is a hospital in New York City and the oldest public hospital in the United States. One of the largest hospitals in the United States ...
in Manhattan, established in 1736. The hospital with the largest number of staffed beds is the
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a nonprofit academic medical center in New York City affiliated with two Ivy League medical schools, Cornell University and Columbia University. The hospital comprises seven distinct campuses located in the New ...
in Manhattan with 2,678 beds in its hospital complex.
Healthcare by region
New York City
New York City is the largest city in the United States and offers all available health care services.
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second largest city in the State of New York.
References
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COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
The first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. state of New York during the pandemic was confirmed on March 1, 2020, and the state quickly became an epicenter of the pandemic, with a record 12,274 new cases reported on April 4 and approximately 29,00 ...
External links
New York State Department of Health
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