Current Trauma Status Report - Southern Nevada Health District

The Abaris Group extracted two variables from the table above, ED volume and ED treatment stations.
During 2003, the hospitals reported an overall increase in ED visits of 6.4 percent for the 11 reporting
EDs.
Exhibit 38 – ED Volume by Hospital
ED Volume by Hospital in Clark County, 2002 and 2003
Hospital 2002 2003
Percent
Change
Boulder City Hospital 4,858 5,950 22.5%
Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center 34,897 35,768 2.5%
Lake Mead Hospital Medical Center 25,634 25,511 -0.5%
Mountain View Hospital 33,714 37,957 12.6%
St. Rose Dominican Hospital - de Lima 27,990 29,106 4.0%
St. Rose Dominican Hospital - Siena 33,188 36,643 10.4%
Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center 1 - - -
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center 2 - - -
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center 2 - - -
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Adult 44,676 46,840 4.8%
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Pediatric 23,185 25,809 11.3%
University Medical Center, Adult 67,824 70,735 4.3%
University Medical Center, Pediatric 28,507 30,869 8.3%
Valley Hospital Medical Center 28,737 30,767 7.1%
Total 353,210 375,955 6.4%
1 Opened in March 2004.
2 Did not participate in the survey.
Note: The 2002 ED volumes reported by the individual hospitals vary in some cases from
those reported by the Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy. The discrepancy
is due to minor differences in inclusion criteria between the two sources.
Source: Individual hospitals
The following table presents the number of ED treatment stations or ED beds by hospital and the ratio
of visits per ED treatment station. It is interesting to note that the national average for the number of
patients per ED treatment station is 1,700 to 2,000. All reporting hospitals were below this average in
2003.
Exhibit 39 – ED Visits per ED Treatment Station
ED Visits per Treatment Station by Hospital
Hospital
2003
ED Visits ED Stations
Visits/ED
Stations
Boulder City Hospital 5,950 6 992
Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center 35,768 32 1,118
Lake Mead Hospital Medical Center 25,511 20 1,276
Mountain View Hospital 37,957 22 1,725
St. Rose Dominican Hospital - de Lima 29,106 21 1,386
St. Rose Dominican Hospital - Siena 36,643 28 1,309
Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center 1 - 30 -
Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center 2 - - -
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center 2 - - -
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Adult 46,840 48 976
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Pediatric 25,809 21 1,229
University Medical Center, Adult 70,735 50 1,415
University Medical Center, Pediatric 30,869 22 1,403
Valley Hospital Medical Center 3 30,767 28 1,099
Total 375,955 328 1,146
1 Opened in March 2004.
2 Did not participate in the survey.
3 28 ED treatment stations during 2003; 44 as of 3/04; 55 as of 6/04
Source: Individual hospitals
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