Maine's 42 general and specialty hospitals provide a wide range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency, psychiatric, rehabilitation, and long term care services. Thirty seven are acute care medical-surgical hospitals, four are specialty psychiatric hospitals, and the remaining facility is a rehabilitation hospital. The figure shows the distribution of hospitals across Maine. In terms of organizational structure, the majority (33) operate as not-for-profit entities. Of the remaining hospitals, three are church operated, five are government operated (e.g., Federal Department of Veterans Affairs, state, municipal, or hospital district), and one operates as a partnership.

This is one in a series of policy briefs written for the 2009 Policy Leaders Academy Health Care Forum.