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[Q4 2026](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4)

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Hospitals and health systems

Side by side, never added together

# Hospitals and health systems

Where patients look for care. Each region’s population is its own cohort, drawn from that country’s own register and scored against the same Index. There is no figure across regions: it would be a number about whichever region has more sites.

Index 12.1 · Census Q4 2026

Region

- [United States](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4)
- [United Kingdom](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk)
- [Canada](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/ca)
- [Compare regions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare)

3 populations, 3 measured

## Hospitals and health systems in each region

| Region | Population | Median and spread | Scanned | Gated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States | [US Hospitals](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/us/healthcare/hospitals) The 1,000 US hospitals with the most revenue, as reported to Medicare. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), with Wikidata and the IRS | **55** · 26–76 | 617/1000 | 241 of 617 |
| United Kingdom | [UK NHS Trusts, Health Boards and Hospital Groups](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk/healthcare/nhs) The NHS trusts of England, the health boards and trusts of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the independent hospital groups. NHS England (Organisation Data Service); Care Quality Commission; Wikidata | **61** · 33–77 | 223/306 | 74 of 223 |
| United Kingdom | [UK GP Practices](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk/healthcare/gp-practices) Every active general practice in the four nations. NHS England (Organisation Data Service; NHS.UK practice profiles) | **54** · 19–77 | 4399/7901 | 2574 of 4399 |

Purple line is the median. Grey band is the middle half of the range. A population drawn from a different kind of register is not the same population: the UK’s schools are schools, where the US cohort is the districts that run them.

Comparisons

## The other comparisons

- [Universities and colleges](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/universities) · Higher education in each region, measured against the same Index.
- [Schools and school systems](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/schools) · The bodies that run public schooling, and in the UK the schools themselves.
- [National government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/national-government) · The websites central governments run on hosts of their own.
- [Legislators](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/legislators) · Elected members and the websites each publishes.
- [States, provinces and devolved governments](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/regional-government) · The level between national and local government.
- [Local government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/local-government) · Counties, cities, councils and municipalities.
- [Banks and credit unions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/banks) · Deposit-takers, where trust and accuracy are the product.
- [Charities and nonprofits](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/charities) · The largest charitable organizations.