Health Economics: Occupancy Rates

Step 1: Research online the occupancy rates of the average U.S. hospital

Step 2: Using information from your outside research, respond to the following questions:
    What factors do you think most contribute to the declining occupancy rates of U.S. hospitals over the past decade?
    You should think both technological change and financial incentives
    Data show that occupancy rates have begun to stabilize in recent years, despite the continuing forces for declining use of the inpatient hospital facility. To what do you attribute this phenomenon?