Duke University Hospital

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Duke University Hospital
Duke University Health System
Duke University Hospital emergency entrance
Geography
Location	Durham, North Carolina, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Duke University School of Medicine
Network	Duke University Health System
Services
Emergency department	Level I trauma center
Beds	1062
History
Opened	1925 as a gift from James B. Duke. Hospital did not accept patients until 1930.
Links
Website	www.dukehealth.org
Lists	Hospitals in North Carolina

Duke University Hospital is a 1062 -bed acute care facility^[1] and an academic tertiary care facility located in Durham, North Carolina, United States.^[2] Established in 1930, it is the flagship teaching hospital for the Duke University Health System, a network of physicians and hospitals serving Durham County and Wake County, North Carolina, and surrounding areas, as well as one of three Level I referral centers for the Research Triangle of North Carolina (the other two are UNC Hospitals in nearby Chapel Hill and WakeMed Raleigh in Raleigh).^[3] It is affiliated with the Duke University School of Medicine.