Currently, there are just under 1 million hospital beds in the US.  I
would like to know at what rate hospital beds are predicted to
increase/decrease through 2010.  A projected number of beds in 2010 is
also a good answer.  I'll tip for a quick turnaround.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 11 Jan 2005 11:29 PST

Dear Geoffchi,

I located an interesting white paper titled ?National and Local Impact
of Long-term Demographic Change on Inpatient Acute Care.?
http://www.solucient.com/docs/Long_Term_Demo_Change.pdf

Please take a look at figure 1 on page 5. 
National Annual Acute Care Bed Demand United States, 2002 - 2027 Projections

Does this data meet your needs?

Thanks,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by geoffchi-ga on 11 Jan 2005 12:08 PST

This is indeed the type of data I'm looking for.

Dear Geoffchi,

I am pleased that I located the data that you're looking for.

I will repost the information below for your convenience.

Solucient,the leading source of health care business intelligence
provides an informative white paper titled:

?National and Local Impact of Long-term Demographic Change on
Inpatient Acute Care.?

Download here:
http://www.solucient.com/docs/Long_Term_Demo_Change.pdf

Relevant Data:

Figure 1 -  page 5 
National Annual Acute Care Bed Demand United States, 2002 - 2027 Projections


Future Bed Demand

"If current inpatient utilization rates by age cohort are maintained,
the growing and changing demographic U.S. population will increase the
overall demand for inpatient admissions and beds significantly over
the next quarter century. Acute admissions will grow from
approximately 31 million currently to over 44 million in 2027?a 41
percent increase. The number of acute care beds demanded will grow by
46 percent?from the current 519,000 beds nationally to over 756,000
(See Figure 1). Bed demand will grow gradually over the next five
years at approximately 1 percent annually until about 2012. Beginning
in 2012, however, growth in bed demand will begin to accelerate to
almost 2 percent annually as the first wave of baby boomers begins to
enter retirement age. This rapid growth will continue until 2027 when
the entire baby boom generation will be age 65 or older."

See also:

FIGURE 3: National Annual Acute Care Bed Demand 
United States, 2002 & 2027 Projections by Region


TABLE 1: Highest Growth Markets for Acute Care Beds
Selected Markets, 2002 - 2027 Projections


TABLE 2: Highest Growth Service Lines for Acute Care Beds
United States, 2002 - 2027 Projections



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Best regards,
Bobbie7

Thanks for the quick turnaround.

Thank you for the five stars and tip!
--Bobbie7