Facts & Figures | Cleveland Clinic (2024)

Statistics

Cleveland Clinic is one of the world's largest and best healthcare systems, with 80,642 caregivers, 23 hospitals and 276 outpatient facilities in locations around the globe.

We provide advanced, high-quality, compassionate care for millions of patients annually, while also conducting life-changing research and educating future caregivers.

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• View our 2023 State of the Clinic Report.

Please note: The statistics reflect official year-end totals as of Dec. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

Recognition

We use ratings and rankings by outside organizations to identify opportunities for improvement that align with our primary goal of ensuring the best patient outcomes.

Newsweek named Cleveland Clinic the No. 2 hospital in the world for the fifth straight year in its “World’s Best Hospitals 2023” report. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Fairview Hospital and Weston Hospital also were recognized among the top 250 hospitals out of more than 2,300 hospitals worldwide.

U.S. News & World Report named Cleveland Clinic to the honor roll of top hospitals in its 2023-24 “Best Hospitals” rankings. It also recognized Cleveland Clinic as the No. 1 hospital for cardiology, heart and vascular surgery for the 29th year. Cleveland Clinic Children’s was nationally ranked in 10 of 10 pediatric specialties.

The Leapfrog Group grades hospitals on patient safety. In fall 2023, eight of our U.S. hospitals earned an A grade, three earned a B, three received a C and two received a D.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rates hospitals on care quality, safety and patient experience. Five of our U.S. hospitals received the maximum five stars in the CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating in 2023. These results contributed to our most successful year to date in the CMS quality pay-for performance programs.

Vizient ranks U.S. hospitals on quality and value. Three of our U.S. hospitals received top decile performance in their cohort in 2023 — our main campus, Fairview Hospital and Union Hospital. Twelve of our hospitals showed improved performance in 2023.

Magnet® designation was achieved by Medina Hospital in 2023, making it the 11th Cleveland Clinic hospital to receive this recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Fewer than 10% of U.S. hospitals earn Magnet status.

Innovations

Since Cleveland Clinic’s founding in 1921, our innovations have transformed medicine. We imagine the best care possible, invent it through research, then share it with the world. Key breakthroughs:

• Discovery of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that affects body and mood (1948).
• Pioneering “stopped heart” surgery (1956) and coronary artery bypass surgery (1967).
• Development of coronary angiography to reveal artery blockages (1958).
• Establishment of cadaver donor use in kidney transplants (1963).
• Discovery of a brain-mapping technique to pinpoint epileptic seizures (1980s).
• First successful larynx transplant (1998).
• Discovery that damaged brain cells can regenerate (2008).
• First U.S. near-total face transplant (2008).
• Demonstration that bariatric surgery controls diabetes (2012).
• World’s first deep brain stimulation surgery to restore function after stroke (2016).
• First North American birth of a baby following deceased-donor uterine transplant (2019).
• Development of a vaccine to prevent deadly triple-negative breast cancer (2021).

Research & Education

Cleveland Clinic has large and busy research and education institutes. Our founders believed that these activities were cornerstones of excellence in patient care. Their vision has made possible historic and dramatic advances in the diagnosis and treatment of complex medical problems.

Learn more about our areas of research and education:

Lerner Research Institute

This institute is home to all laboratory-based, translational and clinical biomedical research at Cleveland Clinic. With 650,000 square feet of research space, more than 1,200 scientists and support personnel collaborate with clinical researchers to unravel the mysteries of disease.

• Visit the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute.

Education Institute

Cleveland Clinic sponsors one of the nation’s largest physician-graduate training programs. Doctors from around the world come to Cleveland Clinic for residency training in one of many specialty areas and for advanced fellowship work in more specialized disciplines.

• Visit the Cleveland Clinic Education Institute.

College of Medicine

In May 2002, Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University entered into a unique partnership to create a medical school dedicated to the teaching of physician-scientists. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University combines education and research in an innovative program that mentors medical students to become physician-scientists.

• Visit the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.
• Learn about clinical trials at Cleveland Clinic.

Treatment Outcomes

Measurable Quality

Putting patients first demands a relentless focus on measurable quality. By setting standards, collecting data and analyzing results, Cleveland Clinic puts patients first through improved outcomes and better service, providing a healthier future for all.

• Access Treatment Outcomes

Group Practice Model

Cleveland Clinic is structured as a group practice. The doctors on staff are salaried employees and are not in private practice. They pool their wisdom and expertise for the benefit of the patient and the community.

In 2007, we restructured our practice to complement the group practice model. By combining specialties surrounding a specific organ or disease system into integrated practice units called institutes, we can better provide collaborative, patient-centered care.

Clinical Expertise

Cleveland Clinic is organized by institutes, which align medical care in a way that is more easily understood by patients.

• Access our complete list of institutes and departments