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Washington Hospitals A Few Facts

• Frequently-requested information is presented in
  these slides.
• Look in the Notes section below each slide for
  more detail.
• More information about Washington hospitals is
  available on the Fast Facts page at the
  www.wsha.org website.
• Questions? contact Jane Feldman, janef_at_wsha.org.
• June 2008

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Washington has 95 community general hospitals

• Washington also has 14 other hospitals, which
  include
• -- 4 private specialized services,
• -- 2 state-owned psychiatric,
• -- 4 U.S. military, and
• -- 4 U.S. Veteran Affairs hospitals

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Hospitals cluster in the Seattle,Spokane, and
Tacoma areas
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Two hospitals have closed this year, and one will
open next year

• Providence Health Services closed Deer Park
  Hospital in March 2008.
• Group Health Cooperative ended inpatient services
  at its Eastside Hospital May 2008, and will move
  remaining services to other facilities by the end
  of the year.
• Franciscan Health System plans to open their new
  facility, St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor,
  in early 2009.

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Hospital systems are restructuring

• Multicare Health System acquired Good Samaritan
  Community Healthcare in 2006, and Enumclaw
  Regional Hospital joined the Franciscan Health
  System in 2007.
• In June 2007, Empire Health Services signed a
  letter of intent to sell its two nonprofit
  Spokane hospitals to for-profit Community Health
  System, based in Pennsylvania.

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Washington hospitals are relatively small
Hospitals by Bed Size
Most Washington hospitals have fewer than 100
beds.
Available Beds
Data Source Washington State Dept. of Health
Hospital Fiscal Year-End Reports, 2006
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As the population has grown, available beds have
decreased
Available Beds Per 1,000 Population
Washington is a consistently top-ranked state on
measures of efficiency of inpatient care.
The 2006 national average is 2.7 beds per 1,000
Data Source Washington State Dept. of Health
Hospital Fiscal Year-End Reports
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Almost half of Washington hospitals are
government owned
Hospital Ownership
Public district hospitals, mainly rural, are
government entities with publicly elected boards.
Source Washington State Department of Health
Hospital Directory.
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Almost all inpatient beds are in not-for-profit
hospitals
Available Beds by Hospital Ownership
Public and private not-for-profit hospitals
account for 95 percent of all community beds.
Source Washington State Department of Health
Hospital Directory
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Thirty-nine of Washingtons hospitals are
designated as Rural facilities
Rural and Critical Access Hospital Distribution
Most of Washingtons rural hospitals are Critical
Access Hospitals (CAH)
Data Source Washington State Dept. of Health,
Office of Community and Rural Health
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77 hospitals are designated by the Department of
Health as trauma centers
Hospitals Providing General Adult Acute Care
Trauma Services
Level 1 designates the most intensive and skilled
level of trauma services provided.
Source Washington State Department of Health
Office of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma
System
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33 Washington urban hospitals provide 629
million in community benefits
Community Benefits, FY2006
For these non-profit hospitals, the value of
their community benefits was far more than their
269 million in tax exemptions.
Community Services 111 million
Low-Income Patient Care Shortfalls 518 million
Source Washington State Hospital Association
Community Benefits Inventory Report, December 2007
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Out-of-state patients make up 3.5 percent of
inpatient discharges

• The majority of out-of-state patients were from
  the bordering states of Oregon and Idaho.
• Patients from Canada made up just one percent of
  out-of-state discharges and just 0.04 percent of
  total discharges.

Percent of Out-of-State Discharges
Data Source Health Information Program Enhanced
CHARS Inpatient file, CY2006
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Out-of-state patients may be a large portion of a
hospitals inpatient business
Top Ten Hospitals Percent of Discharges for
Out-of-State Patients

Percent of Hospitals Discharges
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Data Source Health Information Program Enhanced
CHARS Inpatient file, CY2006
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