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Show MD'S PER 100,000 POPULATION Active Non-Federal Physicians For each of the years examined, Utah had a lower number of MD's per 100,000 population than does the nation.1 The ratio between the number of MD's per 100,000 population for Utah and the U.S. has remained fairly consistent over the past 10 years. Both Utah and the U.S. experienced an increase of approximately 19% for this period. 1 Data for 1984, 1987-1989, and 1991 were not compiled by the American Medical Association. MD1 s per 100 ,000 Population Table 95 Year Utah u.s Utah:U.S. 1982 175 207 0.85:1 1983 178 211 0.84:1 1984* - ~ - 1985 185 220 0.84:1 1986 189 225 0.84:1 1987* - 1988* - - 1989* -- - - 1990 200 237 0.84:1 1991* - - - 1992 209 248 0.84:1 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. Number of Staffed Beds in Utah payments by Medicare and others, based upon classifications of admissions by Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG's). A slight increase occurred in 1989 for the nation and the state. Table 96 Year Number of Beds 1986 4,406 1987 4,535 1988 4,513 1989 4,457 1990 4,408 1991 4,417 Hospital Occupancy Rate* Based on staffed beds Table 97 Since 1980, Utah has had a lower hospital occupancy rate than the nation. Utah's rates declined between 1982 and 1988, while in the nation the rate declined between 1981 and 1986 (Table 97, Figure 59). This decline corresponds to the introduction of prospective (fixed price) Figure 59__________________________________ 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 58.3 66.1 0.88:1 Community Hospital Rates. Hospital Occupancy Rate 80-r 70--60--50--40--30--20--10--0-- Utah U.S. 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 68 HEALTH CARE, ACCESS AND QUALITY |