Statistics 

Unless otherwise noted, the statistics are for 2008 fiscal year (July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009).

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:  36
  • Service area:  2.6 million in 42 counties 1
  • Geisinger Health Plan members: 212,000
    1 Geisinger physicians serve 31 counties; GHP has non-Geisinger sites in 11 additional counties.

Employees (system-wide)

  • Total number of full-time equivalent employees: 11,000
  • Head count: 13,000

Clinical Staff Breakdown

  • Physicians/scientists: 680 2 
  • Residents/fellows: 250
    2 included in total employee FTEs

Nurses 3

  • Registered nurses: 2,156
  • Licensed practical nurses: 593
    3 included in total employee FTEs

Licensed inpatient beds 4

  • Geisinger Medical Center: 422
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: 242
  • Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre: 0 4
  • Marworth Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Center: 91
    4 GWV's 20 rehab beds located at GSWB

Discharges* from Inpatient Units

  • Geisinger Medical Center:  26,631
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center:  10,557
  • Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre: 1,842
  • Marworth Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Center:  1,372
    Total: 37,402
    *excludes nursery but includes NICU

Outpatient VISITS

  • Geisinger Medical Center: 790,666
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley: 392,549
  • Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre: 91,476
  • Marworth Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Center:  3,729
  • Community Practice Sites: 850,207
    Total: 2,128,627

LifeFlight ®

  • Air ambulances:  5
  • Trips:  2,601 total flights

Emergency department visits

  • Geisinger Medical Center:  44,494
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley: 31,730
  • Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre: 20,108
    Total: 96,332

Surgery cases (inpatient and outpatient)

  • Geisinger Medical Center:  23,370
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley:  8,732
  • Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre:  2,708
  • Geisinger-Scenery Park:  3,805
    Total: 38,615

Average length of stay (days)

  • Geisinger Medical Center:  5.2
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley:  4.9
  • Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre:  3.8
  • Marworth:  19.7

Total births

  • Geisinger Medical Center:  1,559
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley:  1,141
    Total: 2,700

Finances

  • Total revenue: $2.1 billion (as of June 30, 2009)
  • Current capital investment: $235 million
Statistics current as of June 30, 2009
(July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009)