Discuss the below:
1 Using the following data set on hospital admissions, define the service area for Hospital A, based only on quantitative factors (Table 15-5).
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 Hospital's 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
|
|
North
|
45
|
64
|
76
|
123
|
|
South
|
159
|
324
|
12
|
521
|
|
East
|
65
|
24
|
137
|
311
|
|
West
|
145
|
68
|
95
|
113
|
|
Central
|
32
|
56
|
78
|
159
|
|
Upper
|
29
|
84
|
45
|
814
|
|
Lower
|
37
|
14
|
8
|
57
|
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.
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 community's experience better or worse than expected? Explain your answer.