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Research
| $92.5 million
Dollars received for biomedical research at UConn Health
Center in fiscal year 2007. |
| 3
Number of genes discovered by Health Center researchers
investigating glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. |
| 511
Number of scientists actively involved in biomedical
research at the UConn Health Center. |
Education
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2,662 Number of men and women
who have received medical degrees from the UConn School of
Medicine since the first class graduated in 1972. |
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1,249 Number of men and women
who have received dental medicine degrees from the UConn School
of Dental Medicine since the first class graduated in 1972. |
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600 Average number of interns
and residents who train each day at hospitals throughout Greater
Hartford under the sponsorship of the UConn School of Medicine. |
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20 Number of years UConn
medical students have been providing primary care and counseling
to Hartford’s homeless at the South Park Inn medical clinic. |
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3,042 Number of applications
received for 80 positions in the UConn School of Medicine Class
of 2011. |
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1,557 Number of applications
received for 40 positions in the UConn School of Dental Medicine
Class of 2011. |
Clinical
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273,676 Outpatient visits to John Dempsey Hospital in
fiscal year 2007, an increase of more than 7% over the
preceding year. |
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10,001 Number of patients
admitted to John Dempsey Hospital in fiscal year 2007. |
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350 Number of physicians in more than 50 specialties in the UConn Medical Group, the largest medical practice in Greater Hartford. |
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531,281 Number of patient
visits in fiscal year 2007 to UConn Medical Group, the largest
medical practice in Greater Hartford. |
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105,000 Number of dental care
visits yearly to UConn School of Dental Medicine clinics. |
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13,400 Number of babies with a
serious health condition cared for in the Newborn Intensive Care
Nursery since it opened in 1975. |
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34,000 Number of calls
annually to the Poison Control hotline at the UConn Health
Center from individuals and health care providers. |
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50 Number of years the
Connecticut Poison Control Center at the UConn Health Center has
provided lifesaving treatment advice for the people of
Connecticut and their healthcare providers. |
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57 Number of UConn Health
Center physicians included in the 2007 Best Doctors list as
published by Hartford Magazine. |
Miscellaneous
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19.1% Percentage of the
Health Center’s total fiscal year 2007 expenses provided by
the state. The remainder comes from research grants,
philanthropy and patient care revenues. |
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5,300 Number of people
employed by the UConn Health Center. |
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415 Number of volunteers currently contributing their time at the UConn Health Center. |
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900,000 Number of visits to
the Health Center’s Lyman Maynard Stowe Library web site from
homes and offices in 2006. |
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$938 million Dollars in new Gross State Product generated by the UConn Health Center, on average each year (each dollar of state appropriation
leverages $9.20 in new GSP statewide). |
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