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Article: COUNTY HOSPITALS' OCCUPANCY RATES DOWN FROM 1984 TO 1985
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- July 22, 1986
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Occupancy rates for all 16 acute care hospitals in Oklahoma County
were down from 1984 to 1985, according to a repor t by the Oklahoma
Health Planning Commission.
Occupancy rates for hospitals in the state overall have fallen for
the fifth year in a row, the commission said. For 1985, Oklahoma's
130 acute care hospitals averaged 48.2 percent occupancy, compared to
a 56 percent occupancy rate for 1984, said Ross Brown, health planner
with the health planning commission.
The planning commission figures are compiled from the annual
reports of the hospitals and are the most current available, Brown
said.
The rates are determined by a formula that takes into account the
number of patients, ...