Howard County General Hospital Fiscal Year 2015 Community Benefits Report Narrative
Howard County General Hospital Fiscal Year 2015 Community Benefits Report Narrative Howard County General Hospital Fiscal Year 2015 Community Benefits Report Narrative I. GENERAL HOSPITAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND CHARACTERISTICS: 1. Primary Service Area. Bed Inpatient Primary All other Percentage of Percentage of Designation: Admissions: Service Area Maryland Uninsured Patients who are Zip Codes: Hospitals Patients, by Medicaid Sharing Primary County: Recipients, by Service Area: County: 266 16,527 21042, 21043, Sheppard Pratt Anne Arundel Anne Arundel 21044, 21045, (Psychiatry 11.4% 0.7% 21046, 21075, only) 20723, 20777, Baltimore 16.4% Baltimore 0.9% 21041, 21150, Carroll 9.9% Baltimore City 21029, 21797, 1.8% 21036, 20763, Howard 16.0% 20759, 21794, Carroll 0.8% 20794, 21765, Montgomery 21738, 21737, 17.3% Howard 1.0% 21723 Prince George’s Montgomery1.0% 22.9% Prince George’s Source: JHM Market 0.9% Analysis and Business Planning Source: JHM Market Analysis and Business Planning Table I 2. Community Benefits Service Area. a. Description of Community Benefit Service Area. Howard County, located between Baltimore and Washington D.C., is a relatively affluent, educated and healthy community inhabited by 307,260 residents. According to the 2010 Census, the age distribution of Howard County was similar to the state, yet the over-55 age group will continue to increase over the next years. This, in fact, is currently happening. There was a .5% increase in the Howard County 65+ population over the past year. With this increase comes the probability that they may have chronic diseases that could consume more health dollars and less likelihood that prevention interventions will be possible.
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