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US specialty behavioral health hospitals up 22 since 2020: AHA

By Ella Ruder 1 min read

The number of U.S. specialty behavioral health hospitals rose to 667 in 2024, an increase of 22 since 2020, according to the American Hospital Association’s 2026 Fast Facts: Behavioral Health infographic. Specialty behavioral health hospitals made up 11% of all U.S. hospitals. The figures come from the AHA Annual Survey Database for fiscal 2020 through fiscal 2024. Psychiatric hospitals made up most of the sector, with 597 facilities, or 89.6% of the total. There were also 43 children’s psychiatric hospitals (6.4%), 24 substance use disorder hospitals (3.6%) and three hospitals… Originally published in Becker’s Hospital Review. Read More

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