To provide leadership on academic health center issues and remain the definitive resource on data related to these institutions, the AAHC designed a major survey or census on the organization, management, operations, and finances of academic health centers nationwide. The results of the survey identified key statistics, trends, and gauges that clearly reveal the vital importance of academic health centers to the nation’s economic development, in the advancement of biomedical research nationally and globally, and for the provision of and access to needed and diverse health care services in our communities.  The AAHC fact sheets provide a concise summary of significant data derived from the survey.