Get the Facts
The “Get the Facts” section of DiscoverYNHH.org provides visitors detailed information about Yale-New Haven Hospital, including an overview of employee benefits and information, a summary of our annual employee survey, a review of our “Employer of Choice” accolades and other helpful facts and figures.
Brief History of the Hospital
Yale-New Haven Hospital was founded in 1826 as the first hospital in Connecticut and the fourth voluntary hospital in the nation. From the beginning, it was affiliated with the Medical Institution of Yale College. Although its official name was the General Hospital Society of Connecticut, it was called the State Hospital. In 1884, the named changed to New Haven Hospital, since by then, a second hospital had opened in the state. In 1945, New Haven Hospital merged with Grace Hospital and became Grace-New Haven Community Hospital. In 1965, a more formal affiliation agreement with Yale University and its School of Medicine led to the name Yale-New Haven Hospital.
For a full overview of the hospital’s history, milestones, historical photographs and 175th celebration please visit the main hospital Web site here.
Number of Beds
- Total Licensed Beds: 1,008 (includes Adult, Children's, Cancer and Psychiatric)
2010 Patient Statistics
- Number of patients discharged: 55,620
- Patient days of care provided: 286,172
- Average daily patient census: 784
- Average length of stay: 5.05
- Emergency room visits: 137,627
- Total outpatient visits: 638,411
Financial Information At-A-Glance
- Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) has exhibited healthy financial performance during a time when many hospitals have struggled financially. This enables us to continue to maintain facilities, equipment and support for employees to continue improving our services and the working environment.
- YNHH rewards the outstanding performance of all employees with merit raises, special achievement awards and a year-end bonus based on the overall performance of the organization.
- Extensive work is continually done to maintain salaries at or above the market.
- YNHH is the city’s second largest employer.
