Section He-Hea 1003.04 - Projected Patient Days Calculation(a) "UR" means use rate which is a table of age and gender use rates that is computed by the applicant by dividing the total patient days statewide for the most recent 12 months as obtained from the UHDDS by the statewide population for the same time period divided by 1,000;(b) "Ppop" means projected population by age and sex cohort for each of the cities and towns in the hospital service area as well as any secondary service area defined by the applicant;(c) "MS" means market share as determined by the percentage of discharges the applicant receives from a given town as reported by all New Hampshire hospitals as part of RSA 126:25;(d) "OPD" means outside patient days which is the historical annual patient days generated by persons residing outside the state of N.H.utilizing the applicant's hospital multiplied by the historical growth rate for this category of patient days.(e) To determine projected patient days, applicants shall multiply the use rates by the projected populations and market share for each town, and then add the outside patient days to the sum of these two figures, as in the formula below: PROJECTED PATIENT DAYS = (UR X Ppop X MS)+ OPD
(f) The applicant shall sum all results of (e) above to arrive at total projected patient days for the identified service area.(g) Age groups for (a) above shall be determined as follows: (h) Notwithstanding (g) above, applicants shall have the opportunity to demonstrate different age groupings that apply specifically to their proposal in terms of: (1) Women of child-bearing age;(3) Pediatric patients; orN.H. Admin. Code § He-Hea 1003.04
#6840, eff 8-28-98, EXPIRED: 8-28-06
New. #8742, INTERIM, eff 10-21-06, EXPIRED: 4-19-07
New. #8918, eff 6-22-07 (from He-Hea 1003.05); ss by #9457, eff 4-21-09 (from He-Hea 1003.04)