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'''University of Missouri Health Care''' is an American [[Academic medical center|academic health system]] located in [[Columbia, Missouri]]. It is owned by the [[University of Missouri System]]. University of Missouri Health System includes five hospitals: University Hospital, [[Ellis Fischel Cancer Center]], [[Missouri Orthopaedic Institute|Missouri Orthopedic Institute]] and [[University of Missouri Women's and Children's Hospital]] — all of which are located in Columbia. It's affiliated with Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Missouri as well. It also includes more than 60 primary and specialty-care clinics (including the Mizzou Quick Care Clinics) and the University Physicians medical group.

Academic partners include the University of Missouri's School of Health Professions, [[University of Missouri School of Medicine|School of Medicine]] and [[Sinclair School of Nursing]]. Also, it is affiliated with the [[Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine]] (which is a joint venture with [[HealthSouth]] and MU Health Care) as well as Capital Region Medical Center in [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] and Cooper County Memorial Hospital in [[Boonville, Missouri|Boonville]].

As theThe flagship hospital of MU Health Care, '''University Hospital''', is a 247-bed facility located in Columbia, Missouri.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts/Figures|url=https://www.muhealth.org/for-media/resources/factsfigures|access-date=2020-07-10|website=www.muhealth.org|language=en}}</ref> The hospital's physicians and staff cared for 19,096 hospital patients Fiscal Year 2009.<ref>[http://www.muhealth.org/body_annualrep.cfm?id=2931 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613064035/http://www.muhealth.org/body_annualrep.cfm?id=2931 |date=June 13, 2010 }}</ref> The Frank L. Mitchell Jr., MD Trauma Center located within the hospital is the only American College of Surgeons (ACS) certified Level I trauma center in Mid-Missouri and one of three in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muhealth.org/body.cfm?id=103&action=detail&ref=105 |access-date=March 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613061831/http://muhealth.org/body.cfm?id=103 |archive-date=June 13, 2010 }}</ref> University Hospital is a nationally accredited Cycle II Chest Pain Center and a nationally accredited Primary Stroke Center. It has a seven-story ICU tower comprising surgical, medical-neurological and cardiac intensive care units, as well as the George D. Peak Memorial Burn and Wound Center, the only burn ICU in Mid-Missouri. University Hospital also contains the region's only [[cochlear implant]] center, a diabetes center, an ophthalmology institute (the Mason Eye Institute), a sleep disorders center, an endoscopy center, endo-suites dedicated to minimally invasive surgery and a SameDay Surgery Center that offers hundreds of different procedures in its fully equipped operating rooms.