M. D. Anderson at a Glance

1998-1999

Patient Care

New patients registered................................................................................................................................. 20,530
Outpatient visits for treatment....................................................................................................................... 368,605
Average daily individual clinic visits................................................................................................................ 1,418
Hospital admissions...................................................................................................................................... 15,920
Hospital patient days..................................................................................................................................... 122,103
Average length of patient stay (days)................................................................................................................ 7.67
Hospital beds............................................................................................................................................... 437
Total number of patients registered, 1944 -........................................................................................................ 382,690
Patients from Texas....................................................................................................................................... 63.1%
Patients from other states................................................................................................................................ 30.6%
Patients from other countries............................................................................................................................ 6.3%

Employees

Faculty......................................................................................................................................................... 761
Employees.................................................................................................................................................... 7,797
Volunteers*................................................................................................................................................... 1,434
Volunteer hours*............................................................................................................................................ 216,814

Research

Total active protocols (on 8/31)........................................................................................................................ 531
Patents issued................................................................................................................................................ 22
Value of grants and contracts in force on 8/31 (dollars in millions)........................................................................... $137.2

Education

Clinical residents, fellows, interns.................................................................................................................... 573
Research trainees, postdoctoral fellows............................................................................................................... 768
Other educational trainees................................................................................................................................ 772
Annual total.................................................................................................................................................. 2,113

Resources

** (dollars in millions)

Fees for patient care services............................................................................................................................. $514.2 (61.6%)
State appropriations (includes employee benefits)................................................................................................. 142.4 (17.1%)
Grants, contracts and gifts................................................................................................................................ 98.8 (11.8%)
Other (includes income from interest)................................................................................................................. 79.6 (9.5%)

Total ........................................................................................................................................................... $835.0 (100%)

*Does not include more than 10,000 off-site Children’s Art Project volunteers who contributed more than 450,000 hours.
**Source: Annual Financial Report, Exhibit C