Analysis; Do More Beds Drive Up Costs?; Aurora's Hospital Plan Revives Debate
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › August 13, 2007
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The phenomenon was noted more than 40 years ago: Hospital beds, once built, will be used.
The Milwaukee area is about to find out whether that phenomenon, known as Roemer's Law, still holds true.See the full content of this document
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Analysis; Do More Beds Drive Up Costs?; Aurora's Hospital Plan Revives Debate
Last month, Aurora Health Care announced plans to build a hospital in Grafton in southern Ozaukee County. The announcement came about one year after it won approval to build a hospital in western Waukesha County.
Both hospitals will be within five miles of existing hospitals. Both will be in affluent suburbs that don't lack for health care services.No one knows for certain what Au...See the full content of this document
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