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

Homework

• 15-1 Using the following data set on hospital admissions, define the service area for hospital A, based only on quantitative factors (15-5).
• 15-2 Compute the target bed capacity of Cheswick Community Hospital's service area = 145,000 Assume projected population increase of 8% in service area over the next 10 years.
• 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 Newgroverton 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.