New Calgary Hospital

[geoffrey]

The tendency for the private sector has been to build smaller? Is there any evidence of this when it comes to hospitals?

Calgary has three hospitals.

Comparably sized US cities:

Salt Lake City has nine.

http://www.onlineutah.com/slchospitals.shtml

Tuscon has six.

http://www.theagapecenter.com/Hospitals/Arizona.htm

Tulsa has eight.

http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings...%5EHospitals%5E

New Orleans region has ten.

http://neworleanswebsites.com/cat/he/ho/ho.html

Outside of North America you may ask?

Glasgow has thirteen.

http://www.city-visitor.com/glasgow/hospitals.html

Toulouse has eleven in it's metro area (it's only 700k people).

http://www.google.ca/maps?hl=en&safe=off&c...F8&sa=N&start=0

Four in Oslo with half the population:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hospitals_in_Oslo

Spain seems to have trouble. Bilbao only has four:

http://www2.bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo/ingle...a/du-salud3.htm

Then the ultimate winner. Cologne Germany has 23 hospitals that perform surgery, a mix of public/private:

http://www.stadt-koeln.de/evkirchentag/eng...haeuser_eng.pdf

Evidence? Nahhh. Just coincidence.

[fellowtraveller]

And this has what to do with a Calgary hospital?

About as much as Topaz's comment about Calgary pollution (which is non-existent).

Sorry to threadjack but this made me smirk.

Most times when I drive or fly in from the north, there is a large blob of murky pall hanging smack over Calgary. if the wind isn't blowing, your air quality is not good Geoffery. It is not occasional, and worse in the winter.

[geoffrey]

And this has what to do with a Calgary hospital?

About as much as Topaz's comment about Calgary pollution (which is non-existent).

Sorry to threadjack but this made me smirk.

Most times when I drive or fly in from the north, there is a large blob of murky pall hanging smack over Calgary. if the wind isn't blowing, your air quality is not good Geoffery. It is not occasional, and worse in the winter.

Wind not blowing in Calgary? Nahh.

Sure we get icky levels of NO2 during winter cold snaps, everyone does when it's -30.

[August1991]

That's interesting research, Geoffrey.

The English hospital in Montreal was projected to have about 610 beds and the French hospital 700. Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles (private not-for-profit) has about 880. It's also the largest hospital in the US West.

I'm not certain whether these comparisons make sense. John Hopkins and Mayo are hospital systems with many buildings spread over a large geographic area.

[jdobbin]

Evidence? Nahhh. Just coincidence.

My question was are private hospitals smaller than Calgary's. How many beds do comparable cities have? Are Calgary's hospitals extra large compared to others? Foothills Hospital has 1200 beds. Peter Lougheed Centre has 506 beds. Rockyview General Hospital has 500 beds. The new Alberta Children's Hospital is one hospital I don't have stats on. Calgary's hospitals are considered quite large but there are very large hospitals in the U.S. in cities of comparable size.

The size of many private hospitals is about 500 beds in major centers. It would be appear Foothills is double that. However, I think most people would agree it is a very good hospital.

Calgary has 2206 hospital beds not including the children's hospital.

Salt Lake City has 2215 hospital beds in the city proper. Some are specialized hospitals such as the Shriner's and VA hospital.

They do have one very large hospital which is half the size of Foothills.

University of Utah Hospital & Clinics (425 beds)

St. Mark's Hospital (306 beds)

University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute (90 beds)

VA Medical Center (111 beds)

Shriners Hospitals for Children (45 beds)

Salt Lake Regional Medical Center (200 beds)

Rocky Mountain Medical Center (118 beds)

Primary Children's Medical Center (232 beds)

LDS Hospital (520 beds)

Infinia Health & Rehab (168 beds)

So from these numbers, do we know who is better served?