Admissions and staffed-bed counts at children’s hospitals increased slightly in 2013, Modern Healthcare reports.
Data from the American Hospital Association indicates staffed-bed counts at children’s hospitals increased 0.6 percent, while admissions increased 0.3 percent. According to Census Bureau estimates, the number of children in the U.S. under 18 will increase from 74.3 million in 2014 to 76.2 million in 2020.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.