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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 55.2%, Utah's 1992 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 Table IPS. Hospital Occupancy Rate* Year # of Beds 1986 4,406 1987 4,535 1988 4,513 1989 4,457 1990 4,408 1991 4,417 1992 4,346 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 1992 55.2 65.6 0.84:1 Community Hospital Rates. Figure 58 Hospital Occupancy Rate 80-r 70 ¦• a 50-- I 40--3 30- 10-- Utah U.S. 0 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Utah's Health: An Annual Review 1995 111 |
