Unless otherwise noted, the statistics are for 2008 fiscal year (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008).

Geisinger Health System is one of the nation’s leading fully integrated health services organizations. Founded in 1915, Geisinger serves more than two million residents throughout central and northeastern Pennsylvania.

Geisinger includes

• Community practice sites:  40
• Service area:  2.6 million in 43 counties
• Geisinger Health Plan members: 212,000

Employees (system-wide)
Total employee head count, not full-time equivalents

• Total number of employees: 12,689

Clinical Staff Breakdown

• Physicians/scientists: 723
• Residents/fellows: 257

Nurses

• Registered nurses: 2,115
• Licensed practical nurses: 300

Licensed beds

• Geisinger Medical Center:  404
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley:  177
• Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre:  206
• Marworth Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Center:  91

Total: 878

Outpatient encounters

• Geisinger Medical Center:  755,748
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley:  374,315
• Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre:  77,414
• Marworth Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Center:  3,589
• Community Practice Sites:  1,681,212

Total: 2,892,278

LifeFlight ®

• Air ambulances:  5
• Trips:  1,990 total flights and 709 retrievals

Emergency department visits

• Geisinger Medical Center:  42,596
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley: 31,897
• Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre: 25,408

Surgery cases (inpatient and outpatient)

• Geisinger Medical Center:  21,976
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley:  9,694
• Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre:  4,057

Average length of stay (days)

• Geisinger Medical Center:  5.1
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley:  5.0
• Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre:  5.6
• Marworth:  20.9

Total births

• Geisinger Medical Center:  1,761
• Geisinger Wyoming Valley:  955

Finances

•  Total revenue: $1.9 billion(as of June 30,2008)
• Current capital investment: $200 million

Statistics current as of June 30, 2008