Washington Hospitals: Facing Financial Crisis Report by Washington State Hospital Association
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[Page 9] - washington hospitals are already among the most efficient in ... further increases in efficiency hospitals across the nation are in trouble and ... problems with margins some of these hospitals will be able to cope with low margins ... will be more difficult to achieve while hospitals elsewhere can save expenses by becoming ... in the delivery of care washington hospitals are already relatively efficient and ... the major strategies for increasing hospital efficiency have targeted eliminating ... the use of inpatient care washington hospitals have already successfully adopted both ... the last decade the number of available hospital beds in the state actually declined ... is the population that tends to use hospital care from 1990 through 1999 the number ... 2 since 1990 the number of available hospital beds in the state decreased by more ... [Page 10] - days per thousand and ninth lowest in hospital expenses per capita washington has also ... patient days per thousand and hospital expenses per capita are two of the best ... measures of overall hospital efficiency both of these measures can ... days per thousand and ninth lowest in hospital expenses per capita the overall average ... average other common measures of hospital efficiency include the number of beds ... accompanying chart shows washingtons hospitals excel on all these efficiency measures ... chart 1 measures of hospital efficiency ,qsdwlhqw gd v shu ... srsxodwlrq 86 +ljk /rz 5dqn source american hospital association 1998 annual survey ... and oregon association of hospitals and health systems analysis a rank of 1 ... |