Where do I find the “Number of people served by hospitals” for Loss of Services?
Because hospitals are typically not operated by cities, the population served might be a complicated value to determine. Cities may have multiple hospitals, and some hospitals serve multiple communities. Some information, such as the number of beds and number of doctors per patient, may be found in annual reports for the hospital or on the hospital Web site. Contact the hospital to obtain their estimate on per capita served. Community planners and/or community officials may also be able to provide these estimates. If these methods are unproductive, provide a reasonable alternate methodology for determining population served with consideration for locations of other hospitals, geography, hospital size (number of beds, number of doctors), etc.
