Here are seven other stats to know about behavioral health hospitals:
- As of 2021, there were 668 specialty behavioral health hospitals across the county.
- The number of behavioral health hospitals rose by 37 between 2017 and 2021.
- Forty-eight percent of behavioral health hospitals are investor owned.
- Psychiatric hospitals make up 88.7 percent of behavioral health hospitals.
- Children’s psychiatric hospitals make up 6.6 percent of behavioral health hospitals.
- Four percent of behavioral health hospitals were substance use disorder hospitals.
- Hospitals for patients with intellectual disabilities make up 0.7 percent of behavioral health hospitals.
