Explain your answer. 15-4 The population of South Winslet is 358,000. Assume the following physician distribution by specialty in the community (Table 15-6).

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15-1 Using the following data set on hospital admissions, define the service area for Hospital A, based only on quantitative factors (Table 15-5). 15-2 Compute the target bed capacity of Cheswick Community Hospital 10 years from now, based on the following information: Assume current population of Cheswick Community Hospital’s service area = 145,000 Assume projected population increase of 8% in service area over the next 10 years.

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. 15-3 Newgroveton is a community of 445,000. In the most recent year, there were 750 new cases of disease 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. 15-4 The population of South Winslet is 358,000. Assume the following physician distribution by specialty in the community (Table 15-6). Assume that one half of physicians retire at the age of 65 and all physicians retire at age 70. How many physicians, by specialty will we must recruit in 5 years? Ten years?