Comparing data apples to data apples
Comparing data apples to data apples
Market comparisons highlight regional differences
San Diego and Seattle may seem like similar markets. Both are on the West Coast and are in areas where managed care has deeply penetrated the market. Both have populations around 2.5 million, with a growth rate of about 6% ex-pected in the next five years. They have similar numbers of staffed beds and emergency department encounters per 1,000 population. But the similarities end there. San Diego’s growth in discharges is half that expected in Seattle by 2004. It also has a much higher number of inpatient utilization days per 1,000 population.
Seattle currently does and expects to continue to do more ambulatory surgeries per 1,000 people and fewer imaging procedures.
Another pair of cities that shows off differences are Orlando, FL, and San Antonio, TX. Both have about 1.5 million people and a five-year expected growth rate of about 9%. But in-patient days are expected to drop in San Antonio by more than a quarter by 2004, and only by about 19% in Orlando.
Although there are similar numbers of primary care providers, specialists, and hospital beds per head of population, Orlando will continue to have a higher rate of ambulatory surgeries and imaging procedures than its Texas counterpart.
These and data on dozens of other cities are available from HCIA-Sachs’ Web site: www.hcia-sachs.com. Click on the market views tab.
| Comparisons for Select Demographic Data | ||||
| City | Inpatient Utilization Days/1999 | Inpatient Utilization Days/2004 | ED Encounters 1999 | ED Encounters 2004 |
| San Diego | 1,072,046 | 1,020,895 | 879,792 | 929,835 |
| Seattle | 698,279 | 897,483 | 686,126 | 733,077 |
| Orlando | 786,060 | 639,425 | 546,062 | 96,715 |
| San Antonio | 785,440 | 575,619 | 629,792 | 680,962 |
| City | Ambulatory Surgery Estimates/1999 | Abulatory Surgery Estimates/2004 | Major Imaging Procedures/1999 | Major Imaging Procedures/2004 |
| San Diego | 183,242 | 205,272 | 292,539 | 349,355 |
| Seattle | 180,112 | 193,123 | 216,754 | 254,633 |
| Orlando | 144,757 | 157,809 | 252,473 | 287,586 |
| San Antonio | 130,390 | 141,483 | 215,564 | 241,531 |
| Note: All 2004 data are estimated | ||||
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