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Established in 1868 in San Francisco, California, UCSF Medical Center has two main hospitals, located on the Parnassus and Mount Zion campuses, as well as a new hospital on the Mission Bay campus. As a 650-bed inpatient medical and surgical complex, the centre receives approximately 770,000 outpatient visits and 38,000 inpatient visits annually

Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University is the larger hospital in Missouri and a private sector employer in the St. Louis area. 1996 saw the merger of Barnes Hospital and Jewish Hospital in St. Louis to become Barnes-Jewish Hospital, each with a rich tradition of excellence. Barnes Hospital was founded in 1941 and became one of the first medical teaching centres in the United States, while Jewish Hospital was established in 1902 to care for the growing immigrant population in St. Louis.