Healthcare in New York (state)
Healthcare in New York (state) refers to all health care available in the state of New York.
Insurance
[edit]The US health system does not provide health care to the country's entire population.[1] Instead, most citizens are covered by a combination of private insurance and various federal and state programs.[2] As of 2017, health insurance was most commonly acquired through a group plan tied to an employer.[3]
The health insurance marketplace for New York is NY State of Health. The state Health Care Reform Act (HCRA) establishes funding mechanisms to support various health care initiatives and governs reimbursements from insurers to health care providers.[4]
Public health infrastructure
[edit]The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes the public health infrastructure as three components: workforce capacity and competency: the recruitment, continuing education, and retention of health professionals; organizational capacity: the consortium of public health agencies and laboratories, working with private and nonprofit organizations; and information and data systems: the up-to-date guidelines, recommendations and health alerts, and the information and systems that monitor disease and enable efficient communication.[5]
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New York State relies on a county-based system for delivery of public health services.[6] The New York State Department of Health promotes the prevention and control of disease, environmental health, healthy lifestyles, and emergency preparedness and response; supervises local health boards; oversees reporting and vital records; conducts surveillance of hospitals; does research at the Wadsworth Center; and administers several other health insurance programs and institutions.[6] 58 local health departments offer core services including assessing community health, disease control and prevention, family health, and health education; 37 localities provide environmental health services, while the other 21 rely on the state's Department of Health.[6]
At the local level, public health workers are found not only in local health agencies but also in private and nonprofit organizations concerned with the public's health.[5] The most common professional disciplines are physicians, nurses, environmental specialists, laboratorians, health educators, disease investigators, outreach workers, and managers, as well as other allied health professions.[5] Nurses represented 22% of the localities' workforce (and 42% of full-time equivalent workers in rural localities), scientific/investigative staff represented 22%–27% of the workforce, support staff represented 28%, education/outreach staff represented 10%, and physicians represented 1%.[6]
Hospitals
[edit]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.[7] 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.[8]
The oldest hospital in New York State and also oldest hospital in the United States is the Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, established in 1736. The hospital with the largest number of staffed beds is the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan with 2,678 beds in its hospital complex.
Healthcare by region
[edit]New York City
[edit]New York City is the largest city in the United States and offers all available health care services.[9]
Buffalo, New York
[edit]Buffalo is the second largest city in the State of New York.
References
[edit]- ^ Institute of Medicine. Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance (January 13, 2004). Insuring America's health: principles and recommendations. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-309-52826-9.
- ^ Access to health care in America. Institute of Medicine, Committee on Monitoring Access to Personal Health Care Services. Millman M, editor. Washington: National Academies Press; 1993.
- ^ Blumenthal, David (2017). "The Decline of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance". commonwealthfund.org. doi:10.26099/dnqz-4g48. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- ^ "New York State Health Care Reform Act (HCRA)". New York State Department of Health. February 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2001). Public Health's Infrastructure: A Status Report.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d New York State Public Health Council (December 2003). Strengthening New York's Public Health System for the 21st Century. OCLC 180188059.
- ^ "Active New York State Hospitals". American Hospital Directory. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "New York State Health Care Reform Act, General Hospitals". NY State Health. January 1, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
- ^ "Top Home Health Care Companies in New York: A Comprehensive Guide". 2023-06-24. Retrieved 2023-06-25.
Further reading
[edit]- Lucas Phillips (October 25, 2020), "New England churches buy up, forgive $26.2 million in medical debt", Boston Globe
