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Show Hospital Occupancy Rate1 (Percentages Based on staffed beds) Table 79 Year Utah US Utah-.US Comparison 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 Source: Utah American Hospital Association, in Utah Hospital Association. (1992,1988,1984). Utah Hospital Fact Book. Salt Lake City: Author. VS. - United States Bureau of the Census. (1991). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1991 (11 lth ed). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 106. United States Bureau of the Census. (1992). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1992 (112th ed). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 112. Utah had a lower hospital occupancy rate than the nation between 1980 and 1990 (Table 79). The occupancy rate reported is based on staffed beds as opposed to the usually larger number of licensed beds. Utah's hospital occupancy rate declined between 1982 and 1988, while the nation's dropped between 1981 and 1986. This coincides with the introduction of prospective (fixed price) payments by Medicare and others, based upon classification of admissions by "Diagnostic Related Groups" (DRG's). Utah began to experience an increase in occupancy rates in 1989, which continued through 1990. The U.S. also increased slightly between 1988 and 1990. The Utah:U.S. comparison shows that the hospital occupancy rate for Utah is about nine-tenths that of the nation, and has decreased slightly over the 10-year period examined. Figure 62 80 t 70 £ 50 I 40 1 30 20 10 0 I Hospital Occupancy Rate i 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 SI Utah ? us Community Hospital Rates. 68 HEALTHCARE |
