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Healthcare in Maryland

Maryland is home to some of the most prestigious medical institutions in the world, led by Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, consistently ranked among the top hospitals nationally. The state also hosts the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, the world's largest research hospital, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. With approximately 24,500 active physicians and a per capita rate of 398 per 100,000, Maryland has one of the highest physician densities in the country. Baltimore and the Washington D.C. suburbs concentrate the vast majority of specialists, while the Eastern Shore, Western Maryland, and Southern Maryland face physician shortages. Maryland has two medical schools: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, both producing world-class physicians and groundbreaking research. The state's unique all-payer hospital rate-setting system is the only one of its kind in the nation, setting uniform rates for hospital services regardless of insurance type. Maryland expanded Medicaid early and has among the lowest uninsured rates nationally. The NIH and numerous biotech companies in the I-270 corridor make Maryland a global center for biomedical research and innovation.