Chapter 15: Exercises 15-1 through 15-3 on page 314 of the text
15-1 Using the following data set on hospital admissions, define the service area for Hospital A, based only on quantitative factors (Table 15-5).
15-2 Compute the target bed capacity of Cheswick Community Hospital 10 years from now, based on the following information:
Assume current population of Cheswick Community Hospitals service area = 145,000
Assume projected population increase of 8% in service area over the next 10 years.
Table 15-5 Hospital Admissions, by Community
Community
Hospital A
Hospital B
Hospital C
Other Hospitals
Assume a future admission rate per 1000 of 102.
Assume average length of stay of 4.7 days in 10 years. Assume a target occupancy rate of 78% in 10 years.
15-3 Newgroveton is a community of 445,000. In the most recent year, there were 750 new cases of disease A in the community. Assume the expected incidence rate for disease A is 245 per 100,000 people. Was the communitys experience better or worse than expected? Explain your answer.
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