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Medical Care Industry Statistics

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Medical Care Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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How this report is researched
01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The medical care industry at a glance

U.S. medical care spending reached $5.3 trillion in 2024, equal to 18.0% of GDP, while demand, aging and workforce expansion continue to drive the industry’s growth.

$5.3T[19]
U.S. spending, 2024
5.4%[19]
Projected annual growth, 2025–34
+387,000[84]
Health care jobs added, 2025
31%[19]
Hospital spending share, 2024
Market size
U.S. national health expenditures totaled $5.2786 trillion in 2024, or $15,474 per person. Health care represented 18.0% of U.S. GDP.[19][17]
Forecast & CAGR
CMS projects national health expenditures to grow at an average annual rate of 5.4% from 2025 through 2034, reaching $9.0 trillion in 2034. Health spending’s share of GDP is projected to rise from 18.0% in 2024 to 20.6% in 2034.[19]
Market share & regions
The United States spent 17.2% of GDP on health in 2024, compared with an OECD average of 9.3%, the highest share among OECD countries. Within U.S. health spending, the federal government financed 31% in 2024, while households financed 28%.[61][19]
Segmentation
Hospital care was the largest category at $1.635 trillion, or 31% of total U.S. health spending, in 2024. Physician and clinical services accounted for $1.110 trillion, while retail prescription drugs accounted for $467.0 billion.[19]
Pricing
Average employer-sponsored health insurance premiums reached $9,325 for single coverage and $26,993 for family coverage in 2025. Premiums increased 5% for single coverage and 6% for family coverage from 2024.[78]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Health care and social assistance added 686,000 jobs in 2025, including 387,000 in health care, reflecting sustained demand linked to population aging and health needs. CMS identifies elevated utilization through 2026, demographic change and economic conditions as major spending drivers, while workforce requirements and affordability remain significant challenges.[84][19]
Consumer behavior & competition
Employer-sponsored insurance covered 154 million people under age 65 in 2025, but workers paid an average of $6,850 toward family coverage. In 2024, private health insurance enrollment rose to 214.3 million, while Marketplace enrollment reached 21.1 million.[78][19]
M&A
The Federal Trade Commission reported that Adena Health acquired Fairfield Medical Center in September 2026 after FTC scrutiny of an earlier proposed acquisition by OhioHealth. The agency said the earlier transaction raised concerns about higher costs and reduced local competition.[85]
Regulation
CMS issued a final rule on November 5, 2026, codifying Medicare drug-price-negotiation policies for initial price applicability year 2029 and later years. The rule is scheduled to take effect on December 5, 2026, extending implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act’s negotiation program.[19]
Latest news
The latest major federal policy development is CMS’s November 5, 2026 final rule for Medicare drug-price negotiation from 2029 onward. Separately, CMS selected 15 drugs for the third negotiation cycle in January 2026, with negotiated prices scheduled to become effective January 1, 2028.[19]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Medical Care Industry

The leading companies in the medical care industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

Kaiser Permanente leads Gitnux's 2026 medical care ranking with an Overall score of 9.5, with 40 hospitals and 610 medical offices. Encompass Health is the highest-ranked rehabilitation hospital operator at 9.2, driven by 176 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals across 39 states and Puerto Rico.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in integrated health networks

    Kaiser Permanente

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.5 · Integrated health networks

    Why we picked it: Integrated delivery footprint supports hospital and outpatient capacity across the health plan, hospital, and medical group network.

    See in ranking ↓Visit kaiserpermanente.org ↗

  2. Leader in inpatient rehabilitation hospitals

    Encompass Health

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.2 · Inpatient rehabilitation hospitals

    Why we picked it: Inpatient rehabilitation scale concentrates post-acute capacity, matching the market’s focus on hospital care spend.

    See in ranking ↓Visit encompasshealth.com ↗

  3. Leader in hospital and diagnostics providers

    Apollo Hospitals

    IN

    Ranked #3 · 9.0 · Hospital and diagnostics providers

    Why we picked it: Hospital operations at bed and discharge volume support broad inpatient throughput in hospitals, diagnostics, and pharmacy care.

    See in ranking ↓Visit apollohospitals.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 10 companies in the medical care industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Kaiser Permanente

Integrated health networks · US

9.5
2

Encompass Health

Inpatient rehabilitation hospitals · US

9.2
3

Apollo Hospitals

Hospital and diagnostics providers · IN

9.0
4

Bupa

Health insurance and care delivery · GB

8.7
5

CVS Health

Health benefits and pharmacy services · US

8.6
6

Fresenius

Hospitals and clinical therapies, global · DE

8.5
7

DaVita

Kidney care and dialysis services, global · US

8.3
8

UnitedHealth Group

Integrated health benefits and care services, global · US

8.2
9

Tenet Healthcare

Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, US · US

8.0
10

Ramsay Health Care

Private hospitals and clinical services, Australia and Europe · AU

7.8

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 10). Top 10 companies in the medical care industry. In Medical Care Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/medical-care-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

U.S. hospital care expenditures

U.S. hospital care expenditures grew from $1.2T in 2019 to $1.6T in 2024.

$1.2T
Start
+6.57%
CAGR · 5y
$1.6T
Projected
20192024
source-verifiedhealthaffairs.org2024

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI use and interoperability both stand out: 39% of surveyed U.S. physicians used AI to summarize research and 70% enabled patient access via HL7 FHIR applications in 2024.

AI in the medical care industry

  • 39% of surveyed U.S. physicians used AI to summarize medical research and standards of care in 2026.[1]
  • 2.3 AI use cases were used on average by surveyed U.S. physicians in 2026.[1]
  • 60% of surveyed health-system respondents said AI could identify health patterns and diagnoses beyond human detection in 2024.[2]
  • 17% of surveyed U.S. physicians used AI for assistive diagnosis in 2026.[1]
  • 1,600 AI-enabled medical devices had been authorized for marketing in the United States by September 2026.[3]
  • 86% of surveyed health-system respondents said their medical organizations leveraged AI in 2024.[2]

Automation in the medical care industry

  • 14% of Brazilian inpatient healthcare facilities with more than 50 beds reported using robotics in 2024.[4]
  • 11.6% of non-metro-adjacent U.S. hospitals reported using AI to automate tasks in 2023.[5]
  • 80% of U.S. hospitals using predictive AI reported using models sourced from their EHR developer in 2024.[6]
  • 2% of Brazilian healthcare facilities with internet access reported using robotics in 2024.[4]
  • 52% of U.S. hospitals using predictive AI reported using third-party-developed models in 2024.[6]
  • 61% of U.S. hospitals using predictive AI reported using it to simplify or automate billing procedures in 2024.[6]

Digital Transformation in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • About 70% of surveyed healthcare executives said investing in technology platforms for digital tools and services would be important or very important in 2025.[7]
  • About 90% of surveyed global healthcare C-suite executives expected digital technology use to accelerate in 2025, including 50% anticipating a significant impact.[7]
  • Across surveyed healthcare practitioners, 60% believed their organizations’ digital experiences met or exceeded customer needs in 2025.[8]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 71% used predictive AI integrated into electronic health records in 2024.[6]
  • Among healthcare respondents to KPMG’s global technology survey, 49% were adopting DevSecOps approaches to adapt digital-transformation strategies.[9]

Technology Adoption in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 70% enabled patient access through applications using HL7 FHIR specifications in 2024.[6]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 99% enabled patients to view health information electronically in 2024.[6]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 92% enabled patients to securely message providers in 2024.[6]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 96% enabled patients to download health information electronically in 2024.[6]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 81% enabled patient access through applications using application-programming-interface specifications in 2024.[6]
  • Across U.S. non-federal acute care hospitals, 84% enabled patients to transmit health information to a third party electronically in 2024.[6]

Cloud Computing in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 27% reported that cloud operations were well managed and integrated into overall IT strategy at the end of 2025.[10]
  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 18% had started adopting cloud services but lacked a comprehensive cloud strategy at the end of 2025.[10]
  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 8% reported minimal cloud adoption without formal strategy or governance at the end of 2025.[10]
  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 31% had a formal cloud strategy and governance framework that was not yet integrated into IT strategy at the end of 2025.[10]
  • Across surveyed healthcare organizations globally, 15% reported that cloud adoption was fully integrated into business strategy at the end of 2025.[10]

Big Data in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across Brazilian healthcare facilities conducting Big Data analytics, 77% used in-house staff rather than external providers in 2024.[4]
  • Across Brazilian healthcare facilities conducting Big Data analytics, 38% used geolocation data from mobile phones, wireless connections, or GPS in 2024.[4]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Governance and analytics execution remain central, with 72% of healthcare organizations operating governance using approved policy and standards frameworks in 2025.

Business intelligence in the medical care industry

  • USD 4,193.9 million was the U.S. healthcare business-intelligence market revenue in 2024.[11]
  • 91% of hospital financial leaders said their organizations could better leverage financial and operational data for strategic decisions in 2025.[12]
  • 13.7% is the projected compound annual growth rate for the global healthcare business-intelligence market from 2025 to 2030.[13]
  • 31% of hospital finance leaders expected to increase use of labor benchmarks over the following 12 to 18 months in 2025.[12]
  • 73% of hospital finance leaders planned to invest in better analytics and insights over the following 12 to 18 months in 2025.[12]
  • USD 8,850.1 million is the projected U.S. healthcare business-intelligence market revenue for 2030.[11]

Data analytics in the medical care industry

  • 81% of non-critical-access hospitals supported FHIR bulk export for analytics and reporting in 2023.[14]
  • 71% of U.S. non-federal acute-care hospitals reported predictive AI integrated into their EHRs in 2024.[6]
  • 63% of critical-access hospitals supported FHIR bulk export for analytics and reporting in 2023.[14]
  • 86% of system-affiliated U.S. hospitals used predictive AI in 2024, compared with 37% of independent hospitals.[6]
  • 56% of critical-access U.S. hospitals had adopted core clinical data-analytics functions in 2023.[14]
  • 81% of urban U.S. hospitals used predictive AI in 2024, compared with 56% of rural hospitals.[6]

Data Quality in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 40% of U.S. healthcare clinical data abstractors reported that manual data entry hampers clinical registry efforts in 2024.[15]
  • 75% of U.S. healthcare organizations represented in the survey predominantly used clinical registry data for quality and process improvement in 2024.[15]
  • 40% of U.S. healthcare clinical data abstractors reported that incomplete data hampers clinical registry efforts in 2024.[15]
  • 50% of U.S. healthcare clinical data abstractors reported that data inaccuracies hamper clinical registry efforts in 2024.[15]
  • 8% of U.S. healthcare organizations rated their provider data as excellent in 2022.[16]

Data Governance in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 72% of healthcare organizations operated governance using approved policy and standards frameworks in 2025.[16]
  • 10% of healthcare organizations managed data governance exclusively within IT in 2025.[16]
  • 38% of healthcare organizations had formal data and information quality-management statements in 2025.[16]
  • 66% of healthcare organizations reported multidisciplinary representation in governance, including patient or consumer representatives, in 2025.[16]
  • 39% of healthcare organizations reported having a formally chartered data-governance function in 2025.[16]
  • 77% of healthcare organizations reported that their governance functions met at least quarterly in 2025.[16]

KPIs in the medical care industry

  • 30.9% of 4,609 U.S. hospitals received three stars in the April 2026 Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating.[17]
  • 12.0% of 4,609 U.S. hospitals received five stars in the April 2026 Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating.[17]
  • 22% is the CMS weight assigned to readmission in the 2026 Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating.[17]
  • 26.6% fewer complications than expected occurred at benchmark hospitals than peer hospitals in the 2024 PINC AI study.[18]
  • 12% is the CMS weight assigned to timely and effective care in the 2026 Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating.[17]
  • The typical patient could have been discharged one-half day sooner at benchmark hospitals in the 2024 PINC AI study.[18]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Utilization and category spend drive activity, with hospital care at $1.6 trillion in 2024 and 503.5 million inpatient days reported by U.S. nongovernment general medical and surgical hospitals.

Growth in the medical care industry

  • 8.5% was the 2024 growth rate for U.S. hospital spending financed by Medicaid.[19]
  • $15,474 was U.S. health care spending per person in 2024.[20]
  • 1.5% was the increase in U.S. hospital days during 2024.[20]
  • $5.3 trillion was spent on health care in the United States in 2024, up 7.2% from 2023.[19]
  • 8.1% was the 2024 growth rate for U.S. physician and clinical services spending, reaching $1.1 trillion.[19]
  • $1.6 trillion was spent on hospital care in the United States in 2024, an 8.9% increase from 2023.[19]

Differentiation in the medical care industry

  • 132.5 million patient visits were reported by U.S. home-health-care establishments in 2024.[21]
  • 21% of U.S. health care spending went to physician and clinical services in 2024.[19]
  • 55.4 million patient visits were reported by U.S. medical laboratories in 2024.[21]
  • 503.5 million inpatient days were reported by U.S. nongovernment general medical and surgical hospitals in 2024.[21]
  • 31% of U.S. health care spending went to hospital care in 2024.[19]
  • 150.4 million outpatient visits were reported by U.S. nongovernment general medical and surgical hospitals in 2024.[21]

Mergers and acquisitions in the medical care industry

  • 1,399 medical-facilities transactions were reported globally in 2025, up 4% year over year.[22]
  • More than 75% of U.S. provider-led healthcare deals were consolidation transactions in 2025.[23]
  • 4,242 global healthcare transactions were reported in 2025, up 2% from 4,187 in 2024.[22]
  • 27 U.S. managed-care M&A transactions occurred in 2024, up from 12 in 2023.[24]
  • 1,279 global healthcare transactions were reported in 2024 in Translink Corporate Finance’s tracked market, compared with 1,278 in 2023.[22]
  • 671 U.S. healthcare-services M&A transactions occurred in 2024, down 10.4% from 2023.[24]

Strategic partnerships in the medical care industry

  • 173,004 providers participated in the U.S. ACO REACH Model in 2024.[19]
  • 103 global-risk ACOs participated in ACO REACH in 2024.[19]
  • 104 standard ACOs participated in ACO REACH in 2024.[19]
  • 73% of healthcare providers reported partnering with other providers in EY’s 2024 health-equity survey.[25]
  • 1,042 federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics and critical access hospitals participated in ACO REACH in 2024.[19]
  • 122 organizations participated in the U.S. ACO REACH Model in 2024.[19]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce availability shifts with hiring demand, as healthcare job postings declined 9.8% for nursing and 9.3% for medical-technician roles by January 23, 2026.

Hiring in the medical care industry

  • Healthcare job postings in the United States declined 9.8% for nursing and 9.3% for medical-technician roles by January 23, 2026, compared with the prior-year baseline.[26]
  • 64% of North Carolina healthcare employers raised wages for existing workers in 2024.[27]
  • 22% of U.S. medical groups reported improved recruiting and hiring efforts for nurse roles in 2024.[28]
  • Kaiser Permanente reported hiring 10,000 additional employees in 2023, bringing its total additions since 2022 to 51,000.[29]
  • 74% of North Carolina healthcare employers raised wages for new hires in 2024.[27]

Employee retention in the medical care industry

  • 25.9% was the turnover rate for all hospital employees in the United States in calendar year 2021.[30]
  • 49.2% was the turnover rate for mental-health technicians in the Oklahoma Hospital Association hospital survey.[31]
  • 27.1% was the turnover rate for hospital staff registered nurses in the United States in calendar year 2021.[30]
  • 31.1% was the turnover rate for licensed practical nurses in the Oklahoma Hospital Association hospital survey.[31]
  • 29.1% of U.S. women physicians intended to leave their current roles in 2024.[1]

Remote Work in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. health care and social assistance, 18% of full-time employees worked fully from home during December 2024–March 2025.[32]
  • Across U.S. medical groups, 18% of leaders expected their organization’s share of remote or hybrid jobs to decrease during 2024.[28]
  • Across U.S. medical groups, 22% of leaders expected their organization’s share of remote or hybrid jobs to increase during 2024.[28]
  • Across U.S. medical groups, 52% reported that 1%–25% of their workforce worked remotely at least 50% of the time.[28]

Hybrid Work in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. healthcare support roles, 14% had part-time remote availability, equivalent to hybrid availability, in the 2022 McKinsey American Opportunity Survey.[28]
  • About 6% of U.S. healthcare jobs were hybrid in a 2024 Robert Half survey cited by the Medical Group Management Association.[28]
  • About 12% of nonclinical healthcare administrative and customer-support jobs were hybrid in a 2024 Robert Half survey cited by the Medical Group Management Association.[28]
  • Across U.S. healthcare practitioners and technical roles, 16% had part-time remote availability, equivalent to hybrid availability, in the 2022 McKinsey American Opportunity Survey.[28]
  • Across U.S. health care and social assistance, 24% of full-time employees were in hybrid arrangements during December 2024–March 2025.[32]

Upskilling in the medical care industry

  • 29 of 41 surveyed WHO European Region member states offered in-service digital-health training as continuing professional education in 2022.[33]
  • 34 of 39 respondents in a 2026 WHO Southeast Asia digital-health webinar survey selected frontline digital-literacy gaps or absent structured curricula as a top workforce gap.[33]
  • 31 healthcare employees, or 14% of the relevant survey subgroup, reported access to on-site or online skill-building courses in the 2025 workforce-education survey.[34]
  • 29% of one healthcare employee subgroup reported access to on-site or online skill-building courses in the 2025 workforce-education survey.[34]
  • 71% of surveyed WHO European Region member states offered in-service digital-health training as part of continuing professional education in 2022.[33]

Employee Engagement in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • U.S. registered nurses with low teamwork scores were 1.53 times more likely to leave their healthcare organization in 2024.[35]
  • Across NHS staff, the national staff-engagement theme score was 6.64 in the second quarter of 2024/25.[36]
  • Across U.S. healthcare workers, 78% believed their organization cared about their safety in 2024.[35]
  • Among U.S. healthcare advanced practice providers, 52% felt heard in 2024.[35]
  • Across 2.3 million U.S. healthcare workers, employee engagement declined by 0.02 points in 2024.[35]

DEI in the medical care industry

  • 56.6% of U.S. medical-school applicants were women in the 2023–2024 academic year.[1]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Provider acquisition and experience metrics influence demand: employer insurance covered 154 million people under age 65 in 2025, while workers paid an average of $6,850 toward family coverage.

Customer experience in the medical care industry

  • 36% of U.S. healthcare consumers rated providers positively for empathy from medical and administrative staff in 2023.[37]
  • 51% of insured U.S. adults taking prescription medicine could not anticipate what they would pay in 2024.[38]
  • 45% of insured U.S. adults taking prescription medicine had trouble understanding their health insurance coverage in 2024.[38]
  • 43% of U.S. adults viewed doctors very favorably in June 2024.[39]
  • More than 60% of Australians who saw a health professional reported positive experiences in 2024–25.[40]

Customer retention in the medical care industry

  • 43% was the average five-year patient retention rate across health systems in the benchmark analyzed by WebMD Ignite.[41]
  • 7% of patients in a 2024 healthcare communication survey had changed providers because of privacy concerns.[42]
  • 55% of U.S. healthcare organizations’ senior executives regularly reviewed new-patient acquisition trends in 2019.[43]
  • Appointment barriers were associated with a 13.1-point decline in healthcare consumers’ likelihood-to-recommend scores.[35]
  • 39% of U.S. healthcare organizations’ senior executives regularly reviewed net promoter scores in 2019.[43]

Customer acquisition in the medical care industry

  • 49% of new patient leads for specialty healthcare practices came from marketing channels in 2024.[44]
  • 69% of new patient leads contacted specialty healthcare practices by phone in 2024.[44]
  • 51% of new patient leads for specialty healthcare practices came from direct or referral sources in 2024.[44]
  • One in two Ohio respondents planned to seek a healthcare specialist within six to 12 months in 2023.[45]
  • 37% of healthcare consumers found their doctors online in the Press Ganey consumer survey.[35]

Customer loyalty in the medical care industry

  • 91% of U.S. consumers prioritized healthcare experience in the 2024 PX Pulse survey.[46]
  • 64% of U.S. healthcare organizations reviewed unique patient growth as a senior-executive metric in 2019.[43]
  • 43% was the average five-year patient retention rate across health systems in WebMD Ignite’s benchmark.[41]
  • 39% of U.S. healthcare organizations used net promoter scores as a senior-executive metric in 2019.[43]
  • 37% of healthcare consumers reported finding their doctors online in the Press Ganey consumer survey.[35]

Lead generation in the medical care industry

  • 38% of healthcare marketers ranked paid search among their top three sources of qualified leads in 2026.[47]
  • 35% of healthcare marketers ranked Google Local Services Ads among their top three sources of qualified leads in 2026.[47]
  • 35% of healthcare marketers ranked organic search among their top three sources of qualified leads in 2026.[47]
  • 33% of healthcare marketers could identify AI-answer-engine origins for most leads in 2026.[47]
  • 81% of healthcare marketers said they could usually identify leads that began in an AI answer engine in 2026.[47]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Digital acquisition and reputation matter, with $12.3 billion forecast for U.S. local healthcare advertising in 2024, down 5.4% from $13.0 billion in 2023.

Marketing in the medical care industry

  • 6% of independent medical practices reported allocating 11% to 20% of gross revenue to marketing.[48]
  • More than 90% of broader U.S. healthcare and pharmaceutical digital advertising spending was attributed to pharmaceutical companies in 2024.[49]
  • 22% was the decline in pharmaceutical HCP run-of-site display digital and print advertising spending from 2019 to 2023.[50]
  • $12.3 billion was forecast for U.S. local healthcare advertising in 2024, down 5.4% from $13.0 billion in 2023.[51]
  • 1% to 5% of gross revenue was the marketing-spend range reported by most independent medical practices in a 2024 survey.[48]

Digital marketing in the medical care industry

  • 33% of medical-practice respondents planned to invest in online business listings in 2024.[48]
  • 74% of patients and patient advocates said patient reviews were the top factor in choosing a healthcare provider.[52]
  • 84% of patients read reviews before choosing a healthcare provider, according to a 2025 healthcare digital-marketing report.[53]
  • 71.4% of U.S. physicians worked in practices using telehealth in 2024, expanding the digital patient-acquisition environment.[1]
  • 49% of medical-practice respondents planned to invest in online reviews and reputation management in 2024.[48]

Branding in the medical care industry

  • 6.92 was the average 2024 trust rating for university and academic hospitals, on a 0-to-10 scale.[54]
  • 7.77 was the average 2024 trust rating for children’s hospitals among U.S. healthcare organizations, on a 0-to-10 scale.[54]
  • 6.23 was the average 2024 trust rating for WebMD, on a 0-to-10 scale.[54]
  • 5.92 was the average 2024 trust rating for U.S. News & World Report Hospital Rankings, on a 0-to-10 scale.[54]
  • $54.2 billion was UnitedHealthcare’s 2025 brand value, up 14% year over year.[55]

Social media in the medical care industry

  • 47% of U.S. adults who received health information from social media rated it not too or not at all accurate in 2025.[56]
  • 52% of U.S. adults under age 30 said they received health information from social media at least sometimes in 2025.[56]
  • 45% of Black U.S. adults said they received health information from social media at least sometimes in 2025.[56]
  • 21% of U.S. adults aged 65 and older said they received health information from social media at least sometimes in 2025.[56]
  • Healthcare organizations received an average of 5 Facebook engagements and 4 Instagram engagements per day in 2025.[57]

Influencer Marketing in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 8.57 million influencer posts about the health industry generated a 1.07% average engagement rate globally in 2023.[57]
  • 50% of U.S. physicians surveyed had changed prescribing choices based on healthcare influencer or KOL content on social media in 2024.[58]
  • 33% of U.S.-focused health and wellness influencers promoted a product, service or subscription in more than half of their posts in 2026.[56]
  • 50% of healthcare and pharmaceutical marketers reported dedicated, growing creator/influencer budgets in 2026, compared with 58% globally.[59]
  • 92% of U.S.-focused health and wellness influencers included product or service promotions at least occasionally in 2026.[56]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operations and process improvement show up across care settings, with 71% of surgical-services hospital staff giving positive responses on continuous improvement in 2024.

Process optimization in the medical care industry

  • 71% of surgical-services hospital staff gave positive responses on organizational learning and continuous improvement in the United States in 2024.[60]
  • 70% of hospital support-services staff gave positive responses on organizational learning and continuous improvement in the United States in 2024.[60]
  • 73% of social-services, case-management and discharge staff gave positive responses on organizational learning and continuous improvement in the United States in 2024.[60]
  • 79% of rehabilitation and physical-medicine staff gave positive responses on organizational learning and continuous improvement in the United States in 2024.[60]
  • 74% of respiratory-therapy hospital staff gave positive responses on organizational learning and continuous improvement in the United States in 2024.[60]

Operational efficiency in the medical care industry

  • More than 85% was the curative acute-care bed occupancy rate in Ireland in 2023.[61]
  • 12.6 hospital beds per 1,000 population were available in Korea in 2023.[61]
  • Fewer than 5 intensive-care beds per 100,000 population were available in Sweden in 2023.[61]
  • 12.5 hospital beds per 1,000 population were available in Japan in 2023.[61]
  • 72% was the average occupancy rate for curative acute-care hospital beds across OECD countries in 2023.[61]

Quality management in the medical care industry

  • 84% of intensive-care-unit staff gave positive responses on communication openness in the United States in 2024.[60]
  • 86% of rehabilitation and physical-medicine staff gave positive responses on support from supervisors, managers or clinical leaders in the United States in 2024.[60]
  • 70% of rehabilitation and physical-medicine staff gave positive responses on hospital management support for patient safety in the United States in 2024.[60]
  • 76% of rehabilitation and physical-medicine staff gave positive responses on response to error in the United States in 2024.[60]
  • 79% of medical and surgical hospital staff gave positive responses on teamwork in the United States in 2024.[60]

Supply chain in the medical care industry

  • More than 50% of assessed Indonesian facilities purchased medicines above national reimbursement ceilings during the 2024–2025 review.[62]
  • Less than 20% of health facilities nationwide in Tanzania had no stock-outs of a basket of 10 tracer medicines in March 2013.[33]
  • Up to 10 times the national reimbursement ceiling was paid for some medicines by assessed Indonesian facilities during the 2024–2025 review.[62]
  • 10 tracer medicines were used to measure facility-level medicine stock-outs in Tanzania in March 2013.[33]
  • 4.2 hospital beds per 1,000 population were available across OECD countries in 2023, indicating the physical capacity supplied to medical-care providers.[61]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the healthcare services sector (sector benchmark)

  • 54% of global healthcare providers used third-party providers for supply-chain services in 2024, based on a survey of 28 healthcare-provider executives.[63]
  • 46% of global healthcare providers used third-party providers for customer-experience services in 2024, based on a survey of 28 healthcare-provider executives.[63]
  • 43% of global healthcare providers used third-party providers for payroll services in 2024, based on a survey of 28 healthcare-provider executives.[63]
  • 20% of U.S. medical-group leaders planned to outsource or automate some revenue-cycle-management activities in 2024, according to an MGMA poll with 262 responses.[28]
  • 18% of U.S. medical-group leaders planned to outsource or automate patient communications in contact centers in 2024, according to an MGMA poll with 262 responses.[28]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing pressure remains visible: employer-sponsored premiums reached $9,325 for single coverage and $26,993 for family coverage in 2025.

Pricing strategy in the medical care industry

  • 82.8% of U.S. physicians reported that their practices received some fee-for-service payments in 2024.[64]
  • 8.9% was the 2024 growth rate for U.S. hospital expenditures, which reached $1,634.7 billion.[19]
  • $28.10 of every $100 in U.S. physician-practice revenue came from alternative payment models in 2014.[64]
  • 6,000 U.S. dollars per person was the estimated average health spending across OECD countries in 2024.[61]
  • 7.9% was the 2024 increase in U.S. prescription-drug spending, which reached $467.0 billion.[19]

Cost reduction in the medical care industry

  • 27.2 hours per week was the average time U.S. physicians spent providing direct patient care in 2024.[1]
  • $242.00 per hour was the total practice expense for U.S. hematology and oncology in the 2024 Physician Practice Information Survey.[1]
  • 13.6% of U.S. physicians spent six to eight hours per week on electronic health records outside work in 2024.[1]
  • $209.55 per hour was the total practice expense for U.S. cardiology in the 2024 Physician Practice Information Survey.[1]
  • 22.5% of U.S. physicians spent more than eight hours per week on electronic health records outside normal work hours in 2024.[1]

Profitability in the medical care industry

  • 1 percentage point was the approximate 2024 increase in all-payer operating margins among six large U.S. hospital systems.[65]
  • 4.4% was the yield on U.S. hospital bonds in 2023, reflecting a higher borrowing cost for medical-care providers.[65]
  • 2.74% was the average annual output-price growth for U.S. hospitals from 1998 through 2023, measured using the hospital Producer Price Index.[19]
  • 0.20% was the implied average annual productivity growth for U.S. hospitals from 1998 through 2023 in the CMS analysis.[19]
  • 0.06% was the average annual change in total facility profit margins for U.S. hospitals from 1998 through 2023.[19]

Financial planning in the medical care industry

  • 85.4% of U.S. health spending in 2024 was accounted for by personal health-care services.[64]
  • $1,118.0 billion was U.S. Medicare spending in 2024, equal to 21% of national health expenditures.[19]
  • 7.8% was the increase in U.S. Medicare spending in 2024.[19]
  • 5.9% was the increase in U.S. out-of-pocket health spending in 2024.[19]
  • 7.2% was the increase in U.S. national health expenditures in 2024.[19]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Product pipeline and services activity are quantified, including 78 De Novo classification-request submissions in FDA fiscal year 2024.

Product development in the medical care industry

  • 78 De Novo classification-request submissions were recorded by FDA in fiscal year 2024.[3]
  • 4,202 medical-device pre-submissions were recorded by FDA in fiscal year 2024.[3]
  • 15,700 medical-technology patent applications were filed with the European Patent Office in 2024.[66]
  • 1.2% fewer medical-technology patent applications were filed with the European Patent Office in 2024 than in 2023.[66]
  • 3,744 510(k) premarket-notification submissions were recorded by FDA in fiscal year 2024.[3]

Product lifecycle in the medical care industry

  • 3,858 510(k) premarket notifications were submitted to FDA in fiscal year 2022.[3]
  • 97 De Novo classification requests were submitted to FDA in fiscal year 2023.[3]
  • 4,084 510(k) premarket notifications were submitted to FDA in fiscal year 2021.[3]
  • 18–24 months is the typical lifecycle of many medical-technology products before an improved product becomes available globally.[66]
  • 3,985 510(k) premarket notifications were submitted to FDA in fiscal year 2023.[3]

After-sales in the medical care industry

  • 146 medical-equipment service contracts was the average per hospital in PartsSource’s analysis of more than 100 hospitals.[67]
  • 62 medical-equipment service contracts was the low end per hospital in PartsSource’s analysis of more than 100 hospitals.[67]
  • 500,000+ service events were included in PartsSource’s analysis of hospital medical-equipment maintenance and repair contracts.[67]
  • 4,791 U.S. firms were identified through the FDA’s search for medical-device servicing businesses.[3]
  • 16,520–20,830 firms was the FDA’s estimated total number of U.S. medical-device servicing firms.[3]

Value proposition in the medical care industry

  • 80% of the 10.3 million assigned beneficiaries were represented by ACOs earning performance payments in performance year 2024.[19]
  • $180 was the net per-capita saving generated by high-revenue ACOs in performance year 2024.[19]
  • $651 was the gross per-capita saving generated by Shared Savings Program ACOs in performance year 2024.[19]
  • 70%+ of ACOs reported prioritizing initiatives to reduce avoidable hospital utilization, increase primary-care interaction and manage complex patients in a 2023 survey.[19]
  • 13.7 million Traditional Medicare beneficiaries were aligned to an accountable care organization in 2024.[19]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Reporting and emissions are measured, with 94% of 109 U.S. health-care companies in the Russell 1000 publishing sustainability reports in 2024.

Sustainability in the medical care industry

  • 74% of assured U.S. health-care sustainability reports used an engineering firm as the assurance provider in 2024.[68]
  • 62% of U.S. health-care sustainability reporters aligned disclosures with TCFD in 2024.[68]
  • 48% of U.S. health-care sustainability reporters aligned disclosures with GRI in 2024.[68]
  • 10% of NHS England’s vehicle fleet was zero-emission in 2024/25.[36]
  • 94% of 109 U.S. health-care companies in the Russell 1000 published sustainability reports in 2024.[68]

ESG in the medical care industry

  • 58% of health-care companies in the Russell 1000 aligned sustainability reporting with TCFD in 2023.[68]
  • 76% of the smallest half of Russell 1000 health-care companies published sustainability reports in 2022.[68]
  • 98% of the largest half of Russell 1000 health-care companies published sustainability reports in 2022.[68]
  • 48% of health-care companies in the Russell 1000 aligned sustainability reporting with GRI in 2023.[68]
  • 90% of health-care companies in the Russell 1000 published sustainability reports in 2023.[68]

Ethics in the medical care industry

  • 29.2% of consent-related ethics consultations involved treatment-timing issues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.[69]
  • 13.1% of consent-related ethics consultations involved sensitivity or invasiveness concerns at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.[69]
  • 10% to 12% of procedural consents for unrepresented patients involved an ethics consultation in a Texas safety-net health system.[69]
  • 46.0% of consent-related ethics consultations involved surrogate-decision-making issues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.[69]
  • 19.7% of consent-related ethics consultations involved patient refusal at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.[69]

CSR in the medical care industry

  • 6 of 49 large U.S. health-care organizations analyzed in the study published a CSR report.[70]
  • 82.4% of physicians in a hospital-practice study reported using written informed consent in the adequate-legal-knowledge group.[14]
  • 50% of eight Fortune 500 health-care organizations analyzed in the study published a CSR report.[70]
  • 18% of 11 large for-profit health-care organizations analyzed in the study published a CSR report.[70]
  • 33% of three S&P 500 health-care organizations analyzed in the study published a CSR report.[70]

Circular economy in the medical care industry

  • 81 tonnes of NHS England ICT waste were sold commercially in 2024/25.[36]
  • 8.4 to 10.7 kilograms of waste per hospital bed per day were estimated for U.S. hospitals.[71]
  • 30% of health-care waste is plastic, according to a WHO member-state briefing.[72]
  • 3.9 kilograms of waste per hospital bed per day were estimated for Norwegian hospitals.[71]
  • 3.5 to 4.4 kilograms of waste per hospital bed per day were estimated for Spanish hospitals.[71]

Carbon footprint in the medical care industry

  • Approximately 5% of global emissions were attributed to the health sector in a WHO publication issued in December 2025.[62]
  • 4.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent were estimated for the NHS Carbon Footprint in 2024/25.[36]
  • 25% of global health-care-sector emissions were attributed to the U.S. health-care sector in a Commonwealth Fund briefing.[73]
  • 68% was the NHS Carbon Footprint reduction from revised 1990 emissions to 2024/25.[36]
  • 14% was the NHS Carbon Footprint reduction from 2019/20 to 2024/25.[36]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border labor supply expands, with 732,000 foreign-trained nurses working in OECD countries in 2023.

Globalization in the medical care industry

  • 71% was the increase in foreign-trained nurses working in OECD countries between 2010 and 2023.[61]
  • 8.8% of nurses in OECD countries were trained abroad in 2023.[61]
  • 62% was the increase in foreign-trained doctors working in OECD countries between 2010 and 2023.[61]
  • 732,000 foreign-trained nurses worked in OECD countries in 2023.[61]
  • 164,000 foreign-trained nurses in 79 destination countries originated from the 55 WHO support-and-safeguards-list countries.[61]

Cultural adaptation in the medical care industry

  • 23% of U.S. hospitals provided staff training on working with interpreters in the cited study.[82]
  • 3% of limited-English-proficiency surgical patients used a professional interpreter at discharge in a 2024 study.[82]
  • 15% of Syrian refugee survey participants in Turkey requested musculoskeletal-disease information, the most common reported health-information need.[62]
  • 88% of limited-English-proficiency surgical patients used a professional interpreter at least once during hospitalization in a 2024 study.[82]
  • 78.2% was overall satisfaction with services at migrant health centres in Turkey.[62]

Supplier management in the medical care industry

  • 118 health-worker mobility or migration agreements were reported by 105 WHO Member States in 2024.[72]
  • 22% of active-pharmaceutical-ingredient manufacturers were located in China in 2025.[3]
  • 9% of active-pharmaceutical-ingredient manufacturers were located in the United States in 2025.[3]
  • 96% of biologics sales in the United States depended on products manufactured outside the country.[3]
  • 49% of medical devices used in the United States were imported.[3]

Stakeholder management in the medical care industry

  • 80% of WHO country offices actively participated in multisectoral or intersectoral collaboration in 2025.[62]
  • 11% of established health-partner coordination mechanisms received WHO support in 2025.[62]
  • 45% of established health-partner coordination mechanisms were led by WHO country offices in 2025.[62]
  • 77% of WHO country offices were in countries with an established health-partner coordination mechanism in 2025.[62]
  • 10 partnerships per WHO country office was the average for collaboration with government entities in other sectors in 2025.[62]

Distribution channels in the medical care industry

  • 77% of WHO European Region countries reported using telemedicine or remote patient monitoring in 2022.[62]
  • 51% of WHO European Region countries had a formal legal framework for telemedicine in 2022.[83]
  • 59% of WHO European Region countries introduced a telehealth law or policy during the COVID-19 pandemic.[83]
  • 52% of WHO European Region countries reported using teledermatology in 2022.[33]
  • 43% of 112 countries used telehealth to support pharmacy and medication refills in the 2021 WHO pulse survey.[83]

Key questions about the medical care industry

What is the current size of U.S. medical care spending?
The U.S. medical care totalled $5.3 trillion in 2024 (18.0% of GDP). U.S. national health expenditures were $5.2786 trillion in 2024 or $15,474 per person.
How fast is U.S. health spending projected to grow?
CMS projects national health expenditures to grow 5.4% annually from 2025 through 2034, reaching $9.0 trillion in 2034. The share of GDP is projected to rise from 18.0% in 2024 to 20.6% in 2034.
Which companies lead the medical care industry?
Kaiser Permanente leads Gitnux's 2026 medical care ranking with an Overall score of 9.5, with 40 hospitals and 610 medical offices. Encompass Health is the highest-ranked rehabilitation hospital operator at 9.2, driven by 176 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals across 39 states and Puerto Rico.
What technology shifts show up in 2024–2026 healthcare operations?
Hospitals report high patient-access enablement tied to HL7 FHIR and APIs in 2024: 70% enabled patient access through FHIR applications and 81% through API applications. In 2026, 39% of surveyed U.S. physicians used AI to summarize medical research and standards of care.
How is the U.S. health spending structured across care categories?
Hospital care is the largest category at $1.635 trillion or 31% of total U.S. health spending in 2024. Physician and clinical services accounted for $1.110 trillion, and retail prescription drugs for $467.0 billion.
What are key compliance pressures affecting medical care providers?
Improper payment estimates affect multiple claim types, including 7.66% of Medicare Fee-for-Service payments in fiscal year 2024 ($31.70 billion). Cyber risk remains high, with 67% of healthcare organizations reporting being hit by ransomware in 2024.
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