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OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION
DIVISION 590
DEMONSTRATION OF NEED FOR ACUTE INPATIENT BEDS AND FACILITIES
333-590-0000
General
The applicant, in providing information to the Public Health Division to demonstrate need for a proposed new hospital, must satisfy the criteria specified in the Certificate of Need Application Instructions (division 580). This response will include completing an analysis using the methodology of the division (division 590).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94
333-590-0010
Definitions
As used in is division:
(1) "Acute Inpatient Care" means care provided in hospital beds, involving at least one overnight use of a bed. Acute inpatient care does not include skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility, long-term care or supportive routine care for chronic disease or disability, convalescent care, or rest cures. Neither does acute inpatient care include outpatient or clinic care, emergency room care, outpatient laboratory tests, or ambulatory surgery. Acute inpatient care does include general medical/surgical care and short-stay specialty and sub-specialty acute care, including but not limited to gynecological, obstetrical, pediatric, ICU/CCU, psychiatric, alcoholism, chemical dependency, and rehabilitation care.
(2) "Acute Inpatient Bed" means a space with physical facilities which is being used to provide inpatient care to a patient located in a hospital and is intended primarily for occupancy by a patient who will be fed, lodged and treated on an overnight basis, except that newborn nursery bassinets, neonatal intensive care and labor room beds are not included.
(3) "Acute Inpatient Bed Capacity" is defined in OAR 333-545-0020(6), and means any space which could be made readily available for use as an acute inpatient bed, even if this space is not presently being used for this purpose.
(4) "Population-Based Discharge and Use-Rates" means rates based on geographical area patient origins and population rather than on the statistics of utilization of a single facility.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94; OHD 11-1998, f. & cert. ef. 10-22-98
333-590-0020
Estimates of Need
The assumptions and methods described in this division are applicable to the interpretation of OAR 333-580-0040. Their practical purpose is to generate a range of quantitative estimates, against which to weigh the impact of qualitative factors, in determining bed need. This composite approach is necessary, in the absence of theoretically perfect and complete information about past, present and future.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94
333-590-0030
Assumptions
The following general assumptions are made with respect to the balance between bed capacity and anticipated future utilization. In specific cases, certain assumptions may or may not apply:
(1) The annual patient days needed by the population of a health service area can be more confidently forecasted than the demand at a single hospital or local market area.
(2) Hospital service area patient days can be more confidently forecasted by isolating the trends in the area's population from trends in the area's use-rate (annual patient days per 1,000 population). The two trends can then be recombined by multiplication.
(3) Population-based acute inpatient use-rates (annual patient days in nonfederal, nonspecialty, short-term Oregon hospitals, divided by forecasted Oregon population) have declined for the past ten years, and are likely to continue to decline for the next ten years:
(a) Within the area to be served by the proposal, factors such as changing age structure of the population, transportation patterns and locations of physician specialists, may modify this effect, as may changes in the intensity or types of services delivered; and documented commitments to develop other procompetitive initiatives such as alternative delivery systems, selective contracting, successful competitive bidding, and other market oriented changes;
(b) At the applicant's request, the division may modify the general assumption that use-rate will decline. One basis for such modification can be documentation (which the division can validate) by the applicant that its facility does, or proposes to provide 30 percent or more of its services to meet elective acute care needs (which cannot be met at existing facilities in the hospital service area as defined in OAR 333-590-0050(1)) to individuals not residing within 50 miles by road in the case of nonemergency acute services; or 25 miles by road in the case of emergency acute services. In such a case, the applicant's population base for purposes of calculating use-rate will take into account the number of persons from outside the area to be served by the facility who are projected to use the facility;
(c) At the request of the applicant, the division may also modify the general assumption that use-rate will decline if the applicant provides documentation (which the division can validate) that its facility proposes to provide all or some of its services to members, subscribers and enrollees of institutions, HMOs or health care plans. In such cases, the population to be served by the facility will be considered to be the members, subscribers and enrollees of such institutions, HMOs or health care plans who reside in the facility's service area. In cases where the applicant provides or proposes to provide only a portion of its services to such members, subscribers and enrollees, the population to be served by the proposal will be adjusted on a proportionate basis. Assumptions as to the use-rate of such members, subscribers or enrollees will be based either on past experience of the institution, HMO or health care plan or, in the case where no past experience exists, on past experience of similar institutions, HMOs or health care plans in the state;
(d) At the request of the applicant, the division may also modify the general assumption that use-rate will decline if the applicant documents that its facility is either:
(A) A medical or other health professions' school; or
(B) A multidisciplinary clinic; or
(C) A specialty center; or
(D) A facility established or operated by a religious body or denomination to meet the needs of members of such religious body or denomination for care and treatment in accordance with their religious or ethical convictions, when these religious and ethical convictions demonstrably preclude use of established health care facilities in the area, and particular health care facilities provided for the purpose of rendering health care to such members. Utilization and beds at such facilities shall not be counted when considering the need for services at other facilities in the hospital service area.
(e) In such cases as stipulated in paragraph (d)(A), (B) (C) or (D) of this section, modification of the basic use-rate assumption shall be based on documentation (which the division can validate) by the applicant that a population different from or in addition to the hospital service area population (as defined in OAR 333-590-0050(1)) is served or will be served by the facility, and that this population has experienced trends in hospital use-rates which are different from those in the applicant's health service area. The use-rate assumption shall be modified only to the extent that the additional service area population or geographic area is taken into account. For example, if an applicant demonstrates that it draws patients from the entire state, then the use-rate would be assumed to decline at the statewide historical rate of decline.
(4) The share of patient days captured by a hospital in a given service area will generally be stable for the next ten years, unless local factors change.
(5) In estimating future market share, current hospital discharge data will be the basis against which the effects of factors such as population shifts; changes in future or past hospital location, service mix, age mix, or reimbursement mix; documented commitments to develop procompetitve initiatives such as alternative delivery systems, selective contracting and successful competitive bidding; and other evidence which may indicate changes in market share, such as projected decreases in market shares of other facilities, will be evaluated. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant.
(6) The use-rate of persons, ages 0 - 14, 15 - 44, 45 - 64, or 65 plus, from counties of origin expected to contribute substantially to future utilization of the hospital should be taken into account in interpreting quantitative estimates of future general use-rates, patient days and bed need.
(7) The number of beds needed to provide an anticipated range of patient days in a given hospital should be calculated to include an allowance for enough excess capacity to meet statistically estimated peak demand, taking into account number of beds, proximity to other hospitals, and feasibility of improved utilization through effective scheduling and other manage-ment actions.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94
333-590-0040
Determination of Service Area for Existing Hospitals
For purposes of Divisions 545 through 670 of OAR chapter 333, the service area for an existing general hospital will be defined as including those zip codes from which either ten percent or more of the hospital's discharges originate, or in which the hospital has at least a 20 percent market share. Minor adjustments to the boundaries of the hospital service area may be made to create a contiguous service area or to conform more closely to the boundaries of demographic units for which census data are reported (county, county census division, enumeration district, or zip codes if conversion has been done).
(1) Discharge and patient day market shares in the service area of the applicant facility should be calculated from the most recent statewide patient origin studies. Changes in relative market shares should be examined if two or more such studies are available. Appropriate steps should be taken to adjust for comparability between these studies if they differ in number of hospitals included, and/or other pertinent factors. More recent patient origin data on a less than statewide basis may also be considered if a method of adjustment for balance-of-state origins and utilization acceptable to the division and the applicant can be developed prior to filing the application.
(2) Federal (V.A.) hospitals may be excluded from the calculation of discharge and patient day market shares, and from other steps in this methodology, but if federal hospitals are excluded from any step, they must be excluded from all steps. For instance, market shares cannot be calculated using nonfederal patient days when the service area use-rate is calculated based on combined federal and nonfederal patient days. If explicit adjustments for projected declines in users eligible for care in federal facilities acceptable to the division and the applicant can be developed prior to filing the application, this factor must be considered.
(3) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, current market shares will be expected to be stable. Factors to which consideration may be given include population shifts; different rates of population growth among subareas within the hospital service area; changes in hospital location service mix, age mix, reimbursement mix, transportation patterns, locations of physician specialists; projected changes in amount or types of utilization among other providers with market shares in the hospital service area; and documented commitments to develop procompetitive initiatives such as alternative delivery systems, selective contracting, successful competitive bidding, and other market oriented changes.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94; PH 29-2004, f.& cert. ef. 9-23-04
333-590-0050
Bed Need Methodology for Proposed New Hospitals
The method for estimating bed need at a proposed new general hospital shall be consistent with the principles enumerated in OAR 333-590-0030, and the legislative findings and policy of ORS 442.025:
(1) Determine the service area of the applicant facility as those zip codes from which either ten percent or more of the hospital's discharges are reasonably expected to originate, or in which the hospital would have at least a 20 percent market share. Minor adjustments to the boundaries of the service area may be made to create a contiguous service area or to conform more closely to the boundaries of demographic units for which census data are reported (county, county census division, enumeration district, or zip codes if conversion has been done). If a project proposes to serve a population group with special needs or beliefs, those factors must be taken into consideration as indicated in OAR 333-590-0030(3).
(2) Determine the estimated population for the hospital service area identified in section (1) of this rule for the benchmark years 1970, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995, as a basis for estimating population for individual past and future years. Available historical information regarding changes in hospital service area, because of factors identified in section (1) of this rule, may justify numerical adjustments to base populations and increments under each of the following steps:
(a) For 1970 and 1980, use the available U.S. census counts;
(b) For 1985, use the estimates developed by the Center for Population Research and Census at Portland State University;
(c) For 1990 and 1995, official population forecasts developed by the Center for Population Research and Census (CPRC) should be used. If previously prepared forecasts are not available from CPRC for the service area, then the applicant should contact the division to prepare a joint request for preparation of a service area forecast compatible with county and state forecast series. The applicant shall pay any associated costs. All reports prepared by CPRC must be made available to the division;
(d) To ensure the consistency of special forecasts prepared by CPRC for applicant facilities, the division may develop a memorandum of understanding with CPRC which specifies that the method used to produce these special forecasts is the same as that used to produce the official county-level forecasts coordinated to the state forecasts;
(e) If CPRC does not make available single-year projections, use linear interpolation to obtain estimated service area population for years between 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995;
(f) The most recent CPRC estimates for years prior to the present year will be utilized;
(g) If age-specific forecasts are available, changes over time in the age composition of the service area population should be examined, and their implications for use-rates taken into consideration.
(3) Determine current year hospital service area and historical health service area population-based discharge and patient day use-rates from statewide patient origin studies. More recent patient origin data on a less than statewide basis may also be considered if a method of adjustment for balance-of-state origins and utilization acceptable to the division and applicant can be developed. The historical rate of change in health service area average use-rate shall be estimated by the median of the annual percentage changes for the years 1977 through 1983. For health service areas I, II and III, the annual rates of change are, respectively, minus 2.875 percent, minus 0.774 percent, and minus 2.788 percent. This general assumption regarding future use-rate may be modified if one or more of the conditions specified in OAR 333-590-0030(3)(b), (c) or (d) are met:
(a) Determine current year and historical utilization, by the service area population of existing facilities, using available patient origin studies and data from the Annual Reports for Hospitals for each of the prior ten years, unless a request is approved to use the Medicare Cost Reports. List, chronologically, factors which may have affected these statistics, such as population shifts, and changes in hospital location, service mix, age mix, reimbursement mix, transportation patterns, locations of physician specialists, and changes in the intensity or types of services delivered;
(b) Estimate future utilization rates by the hospital service area population, based on CPRC projected age/sex breakdowns, according to consideration of each of a range of age/sex adjusted use-rates based on the most recent available statewide patient origin study for:
(A) The state as a whole;
(B) The health service area;
(C) The nearest facilities with service mixes most comparable to the proposed facility;
(D) The nearest facilities with comprehensive service mixes;
(E) Available HMO age/sex use-rate data for California, Oregon and Washington.
(4) Develop a consistent and reasonable set of well-documented assumptions regarding the appropriate use-rates reviewed in section (3) of this rule, and regarding the extent to which utilization at the proposed hospital will be "new" utilization and the extent to which it will replace utilization at existing hospitals.
(5) Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of both "new" and "replacement" components of utilization, with respect to both the population to be served and existing facilities, considering the legislative findings cited in ORS 442.025 with respect to reasonable access to quality health care at a reasonable cost.
(6) Given all information from the preceding steps, and the five- and ten-year population estimates, compute the range of possible future patient days in five years and in ten years at the facility, allowing appropriate adjustments for out-of-area utilization and other special factors or considerations indicated in OAR 333-590-0030(3). The division will assume that health service area use-rates will decline for the next ten years at the rate indicated in section (3) of this rule. The burden of proof for any different assumption will be on the applicant.
(7) Convert each computed value of forecasted patient days based on preceding sections of this rule to average daily census (ADC).
(8) For each of the values computed under section (7) of this rule, estimate the statistical variability, or standard deviation, of the daily census by the following rules:
(a) For hospitals with an ADC of 50 or greater, the standard deviation of the daily census is estimated as 5.08 + .064 ADC;
(b) For hospitals with an ADC less than 50, the estimate of the standard deviation is indicated in Table 1:
Table 1
Average Daily Census — Estimated Standard Deviation
10 — 4.0
15 — 5.0
20 — 5.6
25 — 6.2
30 — 6.7
35 — 7.2
40 — 7.6
45 — 8.0
(9) Estimate the statistically expected daily census at the facility by applying an appropriate multiplier to the results of section (8) of this rule, and adding that product to the results of section (7) of this rule. Select the appropriate multiplier by the following rules:
(a) If the facility is more than ten miles by road from the nearest alternative facility, use a multiplier of 2.88 to assure an available bed on all but one day out of each 500 days, a 99.8 percent probability;
(b) If the facility is ten miles or less by road from the nearest alternative facility, use a multiplier of 2.33 to assure an available bed on all but four days out of each 365, a 99 percent probability.
(10) Using a ten-year projection from the calendar year of submission of the application, and the analysis in sections (4) and (5) of this rule, select from the results of section (7) of this rule the most likely average daily census, noting the assumption in section (6) of this rule. Include consideration of the following factors:
(a) Whether it is planned that new health services will be added, or existing ones expanded, decreased or deleted; the best feasible mathematical estimates of appropriate utilization levels and patient days generated because of such changes; and the best available evidence of whether these will be "new" days areawide, or will shift present areawide utilization patterns for the service(s), or both;
(b) Whether any new or expanded services will involve:
(A) Adding physicians up to, but not beyond, established minimum physician-to-population ratios for applicable specialists; or
(B) Adding physicians beyond such ratios.
(c) Utilization generated as a result of addition of physician staff members, up to ratios specified in paragraph (10)(b)(A) of this rule may be considered in addition to utilization projected using the use-rate assumption in section (3) of this rule. In the event that the proposed situation is as in paragraph (10)(b)(B) of this rule, the estimated utilization so generated will not be counted as need. Physician-to-population ratios will not be used as a basis for reducing projected utilization derived from the basic use-rate assumptions in section (3) of this rule;
(d) Established minimum physician-to-population ratios for various specialties are to be derived from the following references: Report of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Vol. II, Modeling, Research and Data Technical Panel, DHHS Publication No. (HRA) 81-652, September 1980, p. 22; and M.A. Bowman, et. al., "Estimates of Physician Requirements for 1990 for the Specialties of Neurology, Anesthesiology, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Radiology", Journal of the American Medical Association, 250 (November 18, 1983): 2623 - 27, p. 2625. Physician-to-population ratios are to be derived using the estimated physician requirements in each specialty nationwide for the year 1990 from these studies; and the middle series projection of the 1990 U.S. population from "Projections of the Population of the United States: 1982 to 2050 (Advance Report)", Population Estimates and Projections, Series P-25, No. 922, Bureau of the Census, October 1982. This projection is 249,731,000 persons.
(11) Select, from the results of section (9) of this rule, the peak daily census associated with the result of section (10) of this rule. If this number of beds exceeds the present number of acute inpatient beds within 50 miles by road of the population to be served, the applicant must evaluate the extent to which admissions scheduling by the applicant or by existing institutions could alleviate the need for new beds. The division shall evaluate the extent to which procedures and treatments that could be accomplished on an outpatient basis are planned to be handled on an inpatient basis at the applicant facility, and may make a compensatory adjustment in the bed need estimate. In performing this evaluation, the division shall consult with professional review organizations, third-party payers, and professional and provider organizations. One indication of need for compensatory adjustment may be a case mix adjusted Medicare diagnosis related group (DRG) length of stay or admission rate in excess of those at comparable facilities.
(12) If the result of section (11) of this rule indicates that added beds may be needed in the proposed hospital service area, an applicant for a new facility shall weight its against the availability of beds at other facilities within 50 miles by road of the proposed facility's location and against the feasibility of alternative health care services, under OAR 333-590-0060.
(13) A certificate of need will be issued to meet the indicated need based on sections (11) and (12) of this rule, if supported by provisions of OAR 333-590-0060 and the division's findings on the criteria in Division 580.
(14) If the number of beds proposed at the applicant facility cannot be justified under these general acute inpatient rules, a certificate of need for new specialty beds will not be issued unless an adjustment is indicated because conversion of other beds to sufficient specialty beds to meet calculated specialty bed need is not architecturally and economically feasible.
[Publications: Publications referenced are available from the agency.]
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94
333-590-0060
Relationship of Proposed New Hospitals to Existing Health Care System
An applicant proposing a new acute inpatient facility, rather than replacement or expansion of an existing facility, must weigh its plans against the availability of beds at existing, reasonably accessible facilities, especially those within the proposed service area of the applicant; and against the feasibility of development of alternative facilities and services. To develop a quantitative estimate of the situation, the following methodology will be used. Its results are to be evaluated against factors such as quality of care; types of services; levels of care available; anticipated changes in hospital locations, patient origins, service mix, age mix, reimbursement mix, transportation patterns, population shifts, and locations of physician specialists; and documented commitments to develop pro-competitive initiatives such as alternative delivery systems, selective contracting, successful competitive bidding, and other market oriented changes:
(1) Identify as other significant providers, those hospitals located within the service area of the applicant facility.
(2) For the applicant and for each other significant provider, estimate the anticipated commitment ratio, considering the ratio of each facility's patient days originating from the service area of the applicant facility, to the total patient days originating from that service area, using the most recent available statewide patient origin data, or a more recent less than statewide study, properly adjusted for balance-of-state origins and utilizations.
(3) Calculate expected first year average daily census at the applicant facility, based on OAR 333-590-0050(7), and for each other significant provider for that year.
(4) Calculate peak daily census for that year at each facility by applying the methodology in OAR 333-590-0050(6) through (9) to the service area and utilization statistics for these facilities, using a multiplier of 2.33 in order to adjust for the low probability that all facilities will simultaneously be full.
(5) Estimate the commitment of beds by each facility to the hospital service area at peak occupancy as defined in section (4) of this rule, by multiplying the results of section (4) of this rule by the commitment ratios calculated in section (2) of this rule.
(6) To estimate available beds at each facility, subtract the peak occupancy of each, as defined in section (4) of this rule, from:
(a) The capacity defined in OAR 333-590-0010(3); and
(b) The measure in subsection (a) of this section, plus "shelled space", that is, convertible space which requires construction rather than merely changing furniture.
(7) Estimate the number of beds in excess of peak occupancy which could readily be committed to the service area of the applicant, by multiplying the results from section (6) of this rule by the commitment ratios developed in section (2) of this rule.
(8) Taking into consideration the factors listed at the beginning of this rule, evaluate the feasibility and costs of meeting the estimated future need at the applicant facility, as determined under OAR 333-590-050, from the inventory of available beds identified in section (6) of this rule. Consider the financial feasibility of utilizing "shelled space" rather than new construction. The impact of approval of the proposal on the financial viability of facilities which share the applicant's market area shall be evaluated by the division using the financial ratios specified in OAR 333-580-0100(3) and (4).
(9) If need for acute inpatient beds is not demonstrated under OAR 333-590-0050; or if need is demonstrated but, under this rule, it is found that the need can be met by utilization of available beds at existing facilities which are within 50 miles by road of the proposed facility's location; the applicant must consider whether an alternative health facility, such as a freestanding emergency center, backed up by one or more existing acute inpatient facilities, would be the least costly way to solve the applicant's problem of meeting health care needs of the population involved. In addition, the applicant may prepare an analysis related to:
(a) Whether one or more of the factors indicated in OAR 333-590-0030(3)(b), (c) or (d) is likely to generate at least 30 percent or more of reasonably estimated acute inpatient care utilization by the population proposed to be served, and if so;
(b) Whether the applicant can document unsuccessful good faith efforts, prior to submission of the letter of intent, to arrange for utilization of existing facilities and/or services (if any such facilities or services exist within 50 miles by road of the proposed facility's location), consistent with meeting the needs of the population to be served in the least costly, least duplicative manner; and, if OAR 333-590-0030(3)(c) applies, consistent with the intended HMO service model and the provisions of section (10) of this rule.
(10) The division shall take into account the acute inpatient care needs of members, subscribers and enrollees of institutions, HMOs or health care plans, as defined in OAR 333-545-0020(14), that operate or support particular health care facilities for the purpose of rendering health care to such members, subscribers and enrollees:
(a) An applicant to serve such groups shall:
(A) Identify the needs of their members, subscribers and enrollees for the proposed facility or service;
(B) Demonstrate that the identified needs are reasonable when related to the health care costs of present and future members, subscribers and enrollees;
(C) Describe the proposal's potential for reducing the use of inpatient care in the community through an extension of preventive health services and provision of more systematic and comprehensive health services;
(D) Identify the availability, and estimate the cost, of obtaining proposed beds, services or equipment from existing providers in the proposed hospital service area, other than the applicant.
(b) A certificate of need shall be issued to meet the needs or reasonably anticipated needs of such group members when beds, services or equipment are not available from non-plan providers in the area to be served. Beds, services or equipment are not available to an HMO from a non-HMO provider unless:
(A) They would be available through a long-term contract of sufficient duration and with sufficient provisions for notice of termination to enable the HMO to negotiate an alternative contract with another non-HMO provider, or to develop facilities and/or service capabilities and operate same after notice of contract termination from the non-HMO provider;
(B) They would be available and accessible to physicians associated with the HMO on a basis comparable to physicians not affiliated with the HMO (e.g, HMO physicians have or will have staff privileges);
(C) They could be provided by a non-HMO provider in a manner that can demonstrate to be as cost effective as if they were developed and operated by the HMO; and
(D) They would be available in a manner that is consistent with the HMO's basic method of operation (e.g., acute care centralized at one non-HMO provider as opposed to contracts for care at multiple non-HMO providers).
(11) Based on subsections (9)(a) and (b), and (10)(a) and (b) of this rule, the division may consider proposed findings of need and feasibility, taking into account such factors as:
(a) At least 70 percent of the population to be served is more than 50 miles by road from the nearest hospital with 45,000 patient days or more in the most recent year for which data are available;
(b) Population base sufficient to sustain the new facility or service;
(c) Community effectively isolated from reasonable access to acute care services, given road and weather conditions;
(d) Financial condition of applicant adequate to handle consequences of failure of facility or service to open or to stay open, without financial impact on proposed population to be served;
(e) Whether the proposed service(s) and bed capacity(ies) represent the least costly approach, in relation to capital and operating expenses, to meet acute inpatient care need;
(f) Whether the facility, sized as required under subsection (e) of this section, is designed so that future expansion would be architecturally feasible;
(g) Restrictive admissions policies;
(h) Access to care for public paid patients;
(i) Restrictive staff privileges and/or denial of privileges at existing and proposed facilities.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Stats. Implemented: ORS 431.120(6) & 442.315
Hist.: HD 13-1994, f. & cert. ef. 4-22-94; OHD 11-1998, f. & cert. ef. 10-22-98
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