As the  country's fastest growing city, the demand for healthcare services  continues to rise.  Buckeye is a young, family-oriented city that is an  ideal location for a variety of new healthcare services including  outpatient facilities, specialty services, pediatrics, women's health,  sports medicine, hospitals and more.

When  Buckeye launched the Healthcare Initiative, the city conducted a  Healthcare Market Study .  The study is driven by local and industry  data, and guided the formation of the healthcare initiative.  There are  two phases the the Healthcare Market Study. 

• Phase I:  Current healthcare climate
• Phase II:  Analysis of services and providers serving Buckeye residents

Buckeye's  Healthcare Market Study focuses on Emergency Center data.  The data was  purchased from Intellimed to support the city's healthcare initiative.   Because of the shortage in overall healthcare services in Buckeye, it  can be assumed that trends found within the Emergency Department data  also apply to outpatient services as both are vastly underserved in  Buckeye.

Buckeye  is under-served in healthcare and as the community continues to grow  the addition of healthcare services for our residents is an important  initiative for the city. Neighboring communities with similar  populations have more than three times the medical facilities per capita  of Buckeye and as one of the fastest growing cities in the country the  gap in local services continues to rise.  Buckeye has a strong payer mix  and has nine medical facilities currently serving the community. 

• 30% Medicare
• 29% Medicaid
• 31% Commercial

• 7 - Outpatient Treatment Centers
• 1 - Medical-Single Group Licensure/OTC
• 1 - Federally Qualified Health Center

While  48% of all services are being exported, the 52% that are receiving  emergency department services in Buckeye are going to the Abrazo Emergency Center - Buckeye on located in the Sundance District where they see 18,000+ visits a year.  

Buckeye  residents are frequenting Abrazo Health, Banner Health and Dignity  Health facilities most often. Some of this may be in part to the  providers proximity to Buckeye. 

Most notably, the 3rd most visited hospital by Buckeye residents was Phoenix Children’s Hospital – Main Campus, which is the furthest away from Buckeye. 

With  an average age of 33yrs old, and a growing family population, this  illustrates the importance pediatric service needs are for Buckeye  residents and their families.

Top Locations serving Buckeye Residents 

(Regardless of diagnostic service line)

1. Abrazo West Campus
2. Banner Estrella Medical Center
3. Phoenix Children's Hospital - Main Campus
4. Dignity Health - AZ General Hospital ER (Goodyear)
5. Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center
6. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
7. Dignity Health - AZ St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
8. Dignity health - AZ General Hospital ER (Surprise)
9. Dignity Health - AZ St. Joseph's Westgate Medical Center
10. Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Campus

(Sought by Buckeye residents, based on Diagnostic Service Line)

1. General Medicine                   
2. Orthopedics                            
3. ENT                                          
4. Cardiovascular
5. Pulmonary
6. Gastroenterology
7. Neurology
8. Urology
9. Obstetrics
10. Spine