NYC Health + Hospitals Facts

• HHC was created in 1969 by the New York State Legislature as a public benefit corporation.
• The most well known hospital in the HHC system is Bellevue Hospital – the oldest public hospital in the United States.
• As a health system, it ranked #2 for Health Equity, #3 for Pay Equity, #5 for Community Benefit nationwide.
• It operates 11 hospitals across the city: Bellevue, Elmhurst, Harlem, Jacobi, Kings County, Lincoln, Metropolitan, North Central Bronx, Queens, South Brooklyn and Woodhull
• It has 5 long-term care centers: Carter, Coler, Gouverneur, McKinney and Sea View
• The H+H network also includes 30 community-based clinics throughout the city under the Gotham Health name.
• H+H has a home care agency and a health plan, MetroPlus.