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HCA facilities had a combined 1,580 licensed beds—18.71 percent of the market. Next came Saint Luke’s with 1,120 (13.26 percent) among its four facilities, and The University of Kansas Health System, making the most of its 1,079 beds, third at 12.78 percent. n Patient admissions. If there’s been a clear winner in the fierce competition to attract patients, it’s The University of Kansas Health System. A decade ago, the main hos- pital at 39th and State Line was roughly 50 percent bigger than its closest competitors—AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, Stormont Vail in Topeka, and North Kansas City Hos pital, all of whom were within a few hundred patients of one another in the battle for second place. Last year? With nearly 44,000 admissions, KU Health’s mothership facility was more than twice the size of Saint Luke’s Hospital, which had inched up to No. 2.

its has been a contributing factor. In 2013, hospitals reporting those numbers accounted for 4.74 mil- lion outpatient visits—an average of more than two per resident of the metro area that year. Last year, that number ballooned to 7.43 million—a per-capita increase of more than 50 percent. n Staffing. Total employment among the largest hospitals reflect ed their outsized role in the re gional economy: 43,200 in 2013, a number that jumped 25.76 percent by last year. Growth in the numbers of hands-on providers—doctors and nurses—wasn’t far behind. The num ber of physicians jumped from 9,763 to 11,750 (up 20.87 percent), while the nursing ranks went from 13,000 to 16,088 (up 23.75 percent). Worth noting is that the increases in those ranks implied a lessened load with admitted patients, while the num ber of outpatients outstripped the increased manpower on a per-capita basis.

metro area, the two dozen biggest facilities saw their revenues go from a combined $34.47 billion to $53.07 billion. Adjust for inflation with a standard CPI calculator—a rather imperfect measure when applied to health care—nonetheless shows that overall revenues exceeded the infla tion-adjusted $43.03 billion by more than $10 billion. n Facility Revenues. While over- all patient admissions increased 8.02 percent in the past 10 years, revenues reflected the disconnect between patient volumes and costs of treat ment and administration. Not sur prisingly, The University of Kansas Health System was No. 1, surpassing the $23.4 billion mark in total rev enues. That was better than three times the volume at Research Medi cal Center and Saint Luke’s, each just over $3.9 billion. n Patient Types. To the extent that costs have been contained, a dramatic increase in outpatient vis

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