UC HEALTH: AT A GLANCE
UC Health comprises the University of
California’s clinical and health professional
education arms. UC Health combines the
strength of UC’s patient care, teaching and
research. UC has the nation’s largest health
sciences instructional program with more than
14,000 students, while its five medical centers
form a $10.4 billion enterprise providing broad
access to world-class, specialized care.
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
PATIENT CARE
4th
largest health care delivery system in California
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nationally ranked academic medical centers
(U.S. News & World Report, 2016-17), including
two in top 10: UCLA (No. 5) and UCSF (No. 7)
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medical schools: Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles,
Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco
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health professional schools in dentistry,
medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy,
public health and veterinary medicine on
seven campuses
Nearly 50 percent
of medical students (2,900) and medical
residents (5,400) in California are trained by UC
Level 1 trauma centers (operates or staffs);
Level 3 or higher neonatal intensive care units;
National Cancer Institute-designated
comprehensive cancer centers
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hospitals, with more than 3,600 licensed beds,
more than 167,000 inpatient admissions and
nearly 4.9 million outpatient visits a year,
including nearly 368,000 emergency room visits
25 percent
of care for extensive burn cases in California
50 percent
$1.9 billion
of National Institutes of Health funding goes to
UC, supporting research and training to help
understand underlying causes of diseases and
develop improved therapies, ranking first in
schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and
pharmacy (fiscal 2015/2016)
of all transplant surgeries in California
5,000
faculty physicians (one of the nation’s largest
physician groups)
12,000
$6 billion
of contract and grant funding goes to UC –
including research, training, service and clinical
trials – half of which is for health (fiscal 2016)
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nurses, with all five medical centers achieving
Magnet recognition from the American Nurses
Credentialing Center
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INNOVATION AND INITIATIVES
SAFETY NET
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More than 60 percent
Nobel laureates in medicine
of UC patients are covered by Medicare,
Medi-Cal or lack health insurance
214
National Academy of Medicine members
$258 million
in charity care (fiscal 2016)
UC Health breakthroughs include:
 Developed the cochlear implant (1979)
 Developed a hepatitis B vaccine (1979, 1981)
 Performed world’s first fetal surgery (1981)
 Discovered prions (1982)
 Co-discovered HIV (1983)
 Co-discovered telomerase (1985)
 Developed a treatment for
brain aneurysms (1989)
 Invented the nicotine patch (1990)
 Helped develop breast cancer drug
Herceptin (1998)
 Developed world’s first embryonic stem cell
treatment tested in humans (2010)
 Helped develop prostate cancer drug Xtandi
(2012)
 Helped develop breast cancer drug Ibrance
(2015)
ECONOMIC IMPACT
42,000
medical center employees
117,000
jobs generated (including indirect jobs)
$10.4 billion
in total operating revenue (fiscal 2016)
$12.5 billion
in contribution to gross state product
$16.7 billion
generated in economic activity throughout
California
Systemwide initiatives include:
 Athena Breast Health Network
 Leveraging Scale for Value
 UC Biomedical Research Acceleration,
Integration and Development
 UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation
 UC Global Health Institute
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