Citrus County's relaxed life style, clean air, coastal location, and expansive nature preserves provide positive health benefits to the citizens of Citrus County. If expert health care is needed, Citrus County has the medical infrastructure and professional staffing to address almost any medical need. Citrus County has a total of 16 health care facilities.
Citrus County is a leader in the emerging home health care industry with eleven providers.
There are also eight nursing home facilities in Citrus County with 961 licensed beds. Health care is a burgeoning industry in Citrus County as evidenced by the increase in hospital beds and physicians from 1986 to 1999. The number of hospital beds and physicians increased by 75 percent and 42 percent, respectively. Growth and outreach are the best way to describe the medical community in Citrus County. Seven Rivers Hospital was recently named one of America's Top 100 Hospitals.