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Show Hospital Occupancy Rate The hospital occupancy rate refers to general community hospitals and is based upon staffed beds rather than the usually larger number of licensed beds. It is the ratio of average daily census to every 100 staffed beds. Hospital occupancy rates declined from 1980 until 1987 for the U.S. and until 1989 for Utah, when rates began to rise again. This roughly corresponds to the introduction of prospective (fixed price) payments by Medicare and others, based upon classifications of admissions by Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs). Hospital occupancy rates again appear to be declining. At 49.8%, Utah's 1994 rate was the lowest it has ever been. In comparing ratios between Utah and the U.S., Utah's occupancy rates are lower and are declining more rapidly. Table 104. Staffed Beds in Utah Year # of Beds 1986 4,406 1987 4,535 1988 4,513 1989 4,457 1990 4,408 1991 4,417 1992 4,346 1993 4,370 1994 4,319 1995 4,187 Table 104. Sources: Utah Association of Health Care Providers: Operations Profile. 1993-1995: Utah Association of Health Care Providers (1997). Facts About Health Systems and Hospitals 1996 . Salt Lake City:, p.48. 1986-1992: Utah Hospital Association (1994). Utah Hospital Fact Book 1994: A Profile of Health Care in Utah (10th ed.). Salt Lake City:, p. 26. Table 105. Hospital Occupancy Rate* Year Utah U.S. Utah: U.S. 1980 70.6 75.6 0.93:1 1981 71.1 76.0 0.94:1 1982 71.4 75.3 0.95:1 1983 65.8 73.5 0.90:1 1984 61.1 69.0 0.89:1 1985 59.3 64.8 0.92:1 1986 58.0 64.3 0.89:1 1987 57.6 64.9 0.89:1 1988 56.5 65.7 0.86:1 1989 58.1 66.2 0.88:1 1990 58.7 66.7 0.88:1 1991 58.2 66.1 0.88:1 1992 55.2 65.6 0.84:1 1993 53.7 64.6 0.83:1 1994 49.8 62.9 0.79:1 1995 52.3 62.8 0.83:1 Community Hospital Rates. Table 105. Sources: U.S. 1993: United States Bureau of the Census (1995). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1995. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p.127. Utah 1980-1991: Utah Hospital Association (1994). Utah Hospital Fact Book 1994. Salt Lake City:, p. 26. U.S. 1980-1991: United States Bureau of the Census. (1994). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1994 (114th ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 125. Figure 58 Community Hospital Rates 40 -- 20 -- 0 Hospital Occupancy Rate Utah U.S. H------1------h -\------1------1------H 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 136 |