Question: are there any public hospitals in the us?
Answer: There were 1,131 public hospitals in the U.S., which comprised 21.9 percent of all community hospitals (table 1). Of these public hospitals, 16.5 percent were in metropolitan (urban or suburban) areas, 19.5 percent were in micropolitan areas (small to medium-sized towns), and 64.0 percent were in rural areas (table 2).