1: Using the following data set on hospital admissions, define the service area fo Hospital A, based only on quantitative factors ( Table 5 ).

2: Compute the target bed capacity of Cheswick Community Hospital 10 years from now, based on the following information:

Assume current population of Cheswick Hospital's service area =145,000

Assume project population increase of 8% in service area over the next 10 years.

Table 5 Hospital Admissions, by Community

Community      Hospital A       Hospital B      Hospital C     Other Hospitals

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North                      45                            64                     76                           123

South                    159                        324                    12                            521

East                        65                           24                       137                        311

West                     145                         68                       95                           113

Central                  32                          56                       78                           159

Upper                     29                           84                      45                           814

Lower                   37                             14                       8                             57

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Assume a future admission rate per 1000 of 102.

Assume average length of stay of 4.7 days in 10 years.

Assume a target occupancy rate of 78% in 10 years.

3: Newgroventon is a community of 445,000. In the most recent year, there were 750 new cases of diseases A in the community. Assume the expected incidence rate for disease A is 245 per 100,000 people. Was the community's experience better or worse than expected? Explain your answer.