Health Care

As the health care center for Alaska, Idaho, Montana and Washington, the King County area offers a comprehensive selection of outstanding health care facilities, services and personnel. The region’s medical and nursing services are internationally acclaimed and feature special centers for children’s diseases, drug abuse and alcoholism, burns, cancer, pain and other trauma, kidney ailments and transplants, psychiatry and disability rehabilitation.

The Puget Sound region has 45 general acute hospitals with 9,400 beds, staffed by over 38,000 employees. Sixteen special purpose centers serve the area. Over 15,000 skilled medical personnel staff these facilities. The University of Washington’s medical facilities together handle more than 450,000 patient visits each year.