· Homework Chapter 15: Exercises 15-1 through 15-3 (page 314 of the text) EXERCISES · 15-1Using the following data set on hospital admissions, define the service area for Hospital A, based only on quantitative factors (Table 15-5)

· Homework

Chapter 15: Exercises 15-1 through 15-3 (page 314 of the text)
EXERCISES

· 15-1Using the following data set on hospital admissions, define the service area for Hospital A, based only on quantitative factors (Table 15-5).

· 15-2Compute the target bed capacity of Cheswick Community Hospital 10 years from now, based on the following information:

Assume current population of Cheswick Community Hospital’s service area = 145,000

Assume projected population increase of 8% in service area over the next 10 years.

Table 15-5Hospital Admissions, by Community

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.

· 15-3Newgroveton 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 community’s experience better or worse than expected? Explain your answer.

· 15-4The population of South Winslet is 358,000. Assume the following physician distribution by specialty in the community (Table 15-6).

Assume that one half of physicians retire at the age of 65 and all physicians retire at age 70.

How many physicians, by specialty will we must recruit in 5 years? Ten years?

Table 15-6Exercise 15-4

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