xxxVolume 24 No. 5 MAY 2000

A Novel Thought?
Hospital turns toward service

Response prepared to national medical errors report

Hospital's join forces to balance budget

How attitudes toward pain can influence its effect


H O S P I T A L
A C T I V I T Y


As of
March 31, 2000

Fiscal
Year to
Date
3/00

Last Fiscal
Year to Date
3/99

March


Admissions
1,865
12,431
12,161*
9,492
60,427
63,197*
Total Inpatient Days
1,012
7,315
7,951
ICU (E2) & NICU
Patient Days
5.097
4.86*
5.20*
Average Length
of Stay
3,153
22,117
21,691
Emergency Visits
(Outpatient)
* Figures revised to exclude Skilled Nursing facility, which closed 9/01/99