Healthcare in Aurora
Aurora has genuinely deep, not merely proximate, healthcare access via the Anschutz Medical Campus -- UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and the nationally ranked Children's Hospital Colorado together handle more than 2.9 million patient visits a year, a real regional healthcare anchor located inside the city itself.
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Learn moreThe Anschutz Medical Campus: a real, large-scale regional healthcare anchor
The Anschutz Medical Campus, located in Aurora, houses the University of Colorado's health professional schools alongside two nationally ranked hospitals: UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, a 653-bed facility that serves as the primary teaching hospital for the CU School of Medicine, and Children's Hospital Colorado, its primary pediatric partner. Together these facilities handle more than 2.9 million patient visits a year -- a genuine, large-scale regional healthcare hub, not just proximity to hospitals located elsewhere in metro Denver.
UCHealth: Colorado's #1-ranked employer, headquartered in the metro
UCHealth was named Colorado's #1 employer by Forbes in 2021 and now employs more than 30,000 people across 12 Colorado locations, plus affiliated sites in Wyoming and Nebraska. Its flagship hospital sitting inside Aurora city limits gives residents genuinely direct access to a top-tier regional health system rather than a satellite clinic alone.
A real academic medicine and research base
The CU School of Medicine, based at the Anschutz campus, supports more than 5,000 full-time faculty as of fiscal year 2024 -- a real, substantial academic-medicine and clinical-research base that also anchors a meaningful share of Aurora's broader employment picture, detailed further on jobs-economy.
What this research pass could not confirm
A precise, Aurora-specific breakdown of primary-care access, wait times, or insurance-network specifics beyond the Anschutz campus's own facilities was not independently confirmed this pass -- disclosed as a research gap rather than filled with an assumed figure.
Key takeaways
- The Anschutz Medical Campus (UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, 653 beds; Children's Hospital Colorado) is located inside Aurora and handles more than 2.9 million patient visits a year -- a real, large-scale regional healthcare anchor.
- UCHealth was named Colorado's #1 employer by Forbes in 2021, employing more than 30,000 people across 12 Colorado locations, with its flagship hospital inside Aurora city limits.
- The CU School of Medicine supports more than 5,000 full-time faculty (FY2024) at the Anschutz campus -- a real academic-medicine and research base.
- A precise Aurora-specific breakdown of primary-care access or wait times was not confirmed this research pass -- disclosed as a gap.
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