Math Ch 15

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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 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.
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 community’s experience better or worse than expected? Explain your answer.