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Show DAILY HERALD ;' Annual Report Utah Valley Hospital FRIDAY,' fclARCH 30, 1951 Provo, Utoh County. Utah THE FOLLOWING DATA IS REPRODUCED FROM THE HOSPITAL OF SALT LAKE CITY WITH THEIR PERMISSION 1949-REPOR- Annual Report Ufeln Valley 1 5" Provo-Springville-Or- 1950. Were em OUr ; : 7 ' patientS raneni . 'c 111 i . . . ' . 5338 J v ADMISSIONS i Va 619 , " i'. x x I 1429 , 1 77340 VISITORS aav was sl.iv p v INCOME LOST , Patient cosrper day was $16.18 - stay was 7.4 days r Therefore, average cost of hos pitahzanon was $119.73 r Average annuaT income was $4942.08 Average daily income was $17.23 Day of work needed to pay hos I pital bill 6.9 days Working days Idst while fn hos .1 pita! - 5.5 days. --Average v" V I ' hSAuS ' r JO ' I l I ,, (' 1 - Total Days Lost Due. To 12.4 Dayt Hospitalization r?M h , "- - : h ; -- (L s ' , ' . 1 rJ SS.Sy. J FREE CLINICS " . 4.3. i ys VISITS TO 1737 r ; FE RECENT OF ANNUAL - j Average daily income was $4.88 Days of work heeded to pay hos- pital bill - 9.6 days Working days lost wh.le in hos- Pai-i6da- i BABIES , 3 . ' , ACCIDENT . Average annual income was t . $1522.56" . EMERGENCIES ; 3391 Ambulatory Patients ' v com per ' - Average stay was 18.7 days -T-herefore, average cost of hos. " i: I". . a ! vl - , In 1949: PER CENT OF ANNUAL ' . INCOME LOST i !" ' '. In 1910 This is a story of service to the people of this area. One of every eight persons in D. S. 4 " : " - ; Due to forward strides in medical science, including antibiotics, diagnostic methods. early ambulation and more intense hospital care, the average patient stay in the hospital has been shortened to such an extent that hospital care, even inthe face f tremendous increases in operating costs, requires a smaller' percentage of the patient's income now . than it did forty years ago. Here, condensed and in pictorial form, are highlights of the 1950 annual report of the Utah Valley Hospital; Many important items ; - - j A Haven of"Healing ' L OF THE T Although patients had to pay more dollars than ever before, our hospital' ' care was actually LESS EXPENSIVE in 1949 than in 1910 Hsp.fe are omitted because of lack of space. ready --al- ways 1 H 1593 OPERATIONS L KJ .28,925, LAB; EXAMS N1 1950 PAYROll LN $223,231.45 .. . ' kV' "N. , k X v "Income ' " s: -- . 703 I 1 1111 figure from Burtiu of Labor inriMlci 00 build ing trades wig Kilet, 1910 and 1949. . m I i I Hospit! figures :LrreryTh(s I file Hotpittl. Dr. W; K, it f Free Services: UtaffValley Hospital Strvkts rtndrtd frt to 133 btd patitnh fr YS i i ; - ii jmA, 33g B B i Wt I ri n m n inn aBaaaBga l w lll .mn w w I 1 S 1 .- . $1 -. 1737 clmic patifnts .:. . . . Totoi frtt rvice Amount paid by county 1 6,81 6.0 1 xamination of and laboratory x-r- ay 4,689.50 ,.$21,505.58 .'. . 16,816.08, ........... services contributed by hospital ..... ...... .$ 4,689.50 Cost of maintaining clinics ........... .V. . 3,31 7.22 HUB and others . Fr i . . . . , Total charity contribution by hospital - Crovii . 3597 X-RA- n fro;ir-roruV- , . . .. . . .... . .$ 8,006.72 '. 533Q .... ' . . r kHMBn ' ; r 4733 ANNUAL REPORT UTAH VALLEY , - . ' HOSPITAL-alw- ays ' " ready , THIS PORTION OF THE HOSPITAL BILL VS. HOTEL BILL - BILL (78c) represents services NOT furnished by hotels, such as nursing servicesi op-- erating room, anesthesia, laboratory drugs. examinations and meals in bed.. .Costs which are common to bpth hospitals and hotels are represented in", this portion (22c) o"f the bill. These are ad-- . ministration .8.6c, mainten-- ; ance 6.4c. housekeeping 4:3c and laundry, 2.3c . X-ra- pZS71 -l 35f ' , ... . U ' .- . y -f ' $100,000 Needed To. Finish Paying For The Enlarged Utah Valley Hospital It will have: 1700 The New and Modernized J ' 115 beds .45 bassinetts 2 . Maternity Department V 3 nurseries operating rooms 1 2 delivery rooms 5 131 premature nursecy isolation nursery New milk formula laboratory ( labor beds . . department Modernized and newly equipped kitchen New and. additional laundry equipment A new 12 bed children'! diviiion : A larger, waiting room New off ice Large hqrd surfaced parking lot - . t I - : X 311 ' 387 15" " New fathers' room I A . " llM " t(6 1 Anew $25,000 - : ' NEW DCTCTORS' LIBRARY TELEPHONE SERVICE IN PATIENT ROOMS NEW DIAL TELEPHONE SERVICE -- EMPLOYES LOCKER ROOMS EMPLOYES CAFETERIA . iw i6 m? Number of Patients Admitted and Number of Babies Born (Babies Indicated By Shaded Portion of Colwmn) Ho X |