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HIFLD Hospitals

Overview

This dataset contains a list of hospitals for 50 US states, Washington D.C., and the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as compiled for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) database from a variety of underlying sources.

Dataset ID
hifld_hospitals
Geometry Types
POINT
Coverage
usa
usa:pr
usa:vi
usa:as
usa:territories
Attribution
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data

Attributes

name

The name of the hospital.

string
type

The type of facility. Non-specialized facilities are classified as 'GENERAL ACUTE CARE'. Many rural hospitals are classified as 'CRITICAL ACCESS': https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/CertificationandComplianc/CAHs.

string
telephone

The main telephone number of the hospital.

string
status

The operating status of the hospital. Either OPEN or CLOSED.

string
beds

The total number of beds within each hospital, where available.

integer
owner

The type of entity that owns the facility, where available. Examples include: 'GOVERNMENT - FEDERAL' and 'NON-PROFIT'.

string
trauma

The level(s) of trauma care each hospital is designated for (comma-separated), where available. Designation processes vary by state, but naming generally follows the classification set forth by the American College of Surgeons (ACS):
https://www.amtrauma.org/page/traumalevels

string
has_helipad

Whether (True) or not (False) the hospital is known to have a helipad.

boolean