Article: Long-term-care facility proposal in Pasco County, Fla., denied for second time.

By Guy Boulton, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 11--University Community Hospital Inc. has been denied approval by the state for the second time to build a $17.2 million long-term-care hospital in east Pasco County.

The Agency for Health Care Administration determined that the three existing long-term-care hospitals in the Tampa Bay area could meet the existing demand.

The agency regulates the construction of health care facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes.

Long-term-care hospitals are designed for patients who do not need to be in an intensive care unit but require more care than that ...

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