For Policy Makers

Duke Medicine’s Contributions to North Carolina and the Nation

Duke University is the second largest private employer in North Carolina, as well as a world-renowned enterprise for education, research, and medical care. Duke makes important financial and other investments in the communities it serves.

For a brief overview of the university, its history, components, number of students and employees, and other summary data, see:

A 2008 study (PDF) found that Duke University has a $3.4 billion annual economic impact on its home city and county of Durham.

Global health initiatives contribute at least $2 billion to North Carolina’s economy each year, according to a September 2009 report released by the Duke Global Health Institute. Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill account for roughly 90 percent of the academic sector’s total impact on global health. Download the report "Why Global Health Matters in North Carolina" (PDF).

Providing health care to those who all those who need our services, regardless of their ability to pay, is a fundamental commitment of Duke University Health System. Duke is one of the largest Community Benefit providers in North Carolina. “Community Benefit” is defined by the IRS to include charity care, Medicaid program losses, health professions education, contributions to community groups, and community health assessment activities. In addition, Duke regularly invests other financial resources, including Medicare program losses and bad debt, in support of community health care. Learn more in our most recent Community Benefit Report.

Hospitals want their communities to know their financial assistance policies and what benefits they are providing. The North Carolina Hospital Association posts the community benefit reports for all general acute care hospitals and others in the state, along with the hospitals’ financial assistance policies.

Duke in Your District

The network of services that constitute Duke University Health System spans the state of North Carolina and beyond. In addition, Duke-trained doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals live and work in communities throughout our state.

Click your congressional district to view the locations of Duke Medicine’s services and alumni in your area.

District 1 (PDF, 1.3 MB)

District 2 (PDF, 2.1 MB)

District 3 (PDF, 1 MB)

District 4 (PDF, 4.3 MB)

District 5 (PDF, 750 KB)

District 6 (PDF, 922 KB)

District 7 (PDF, 1 MB)

District 8 (PDF, 800 KB)

District 9 (PDF, 647 KB)

District 10 (PDF, 688 KB)

District 11 (PDF, 725 KB)

District 12 (PDF, 1.9 MB)

District 13 (PDF, 3.8 MB)

Duke Medicine around the World

Find a Duke Medicine patient care location near you on DukeHealth.org.

Duke University Medical Center and the National University of Singapore officially partnered to establish a new medical school in Singapore in 2007: Duke - NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore. Victor Dzau, MD, Duke’s chancellor for health affairs, stresses the value of transnational relationships like Duke-Singapore in turning academic discoveries into useful therapies accessible to people around the world.

Duke Medicine’s Contributions through Research

Duke is consistently ranked among the nation’s top universities in its ability to compete successfully for federally sponsored research funding. Each year, Duke Medicine’s Office of Research Administration processes approximately 4,000 grant applications for the School of Medicine and School of Nursing.

In 2008, Duke proposals resulted in over $362 million in research awards from the National Institutes of Health. See a report on all organizations in North Carolina that receive NIH funding and the amounts.

Duke is a major contributor to the nation’s economic recovery through research sponsored by funding from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. See a summary of awards from stimulus funds.

A sustained national investment in scientific research is essential to the future of medicine, and is one of our legislative priorities. With leadership from the DUHS Office of Government Relations, Duke Medicine joined other major research universities in 2008 to express concern about the impacts of continued flat funding on the National Institutes of Health and the next generation of biomedical researchers. The coalition’s publication, A Broken Pipeline?, was distributed to members of Congress and the national media.